1849-1861

Question 1

How much did Cavour increase the states income by attacking the church?

Answer 1

£145,640

Question 2

How many monasteries and benefices did Cavour shut down?

Answer 2

152 monasteries and 1700 benefices

Question 3

When did Cavour appoint himself, foreign minister, finance minister and prime minister?

Answer 3

January 1855

Question 4

When was an electric telegraph pole linking Turin to Paris made?

Answer 4

1853

Question 5

How many KM of Italian railway was in Piedmont?

Answer 5

819/1798

Question 6

How much did trade in Piedmont increase by?

Answer 6

300%

Question 7

When did Piedmont join the Crimean War?

Answer 7

January 1855

Question 8

How many troops did Cavour send into the Crimean war?

Answer 8

18,000

Question 9

When was the Pact of Plombieres?

Answer 9

21st July 1858

Question 10

When did the Rothschilds and Lafitte fund the Mount Cenis Tunnel?

Answer 10

1857

Question 11

When did Cavour warn the Austrians of an uprising in Milan?

Answer 11

February 1853

Question 12

How many in Emilia voted to be annexed to Piedmont?

Answer 12

426,000 to 1506

Question 13

In Tuscany how many people voted to be annexed to Piedmont?

Answer 13

366,571 to 14,925

Question 14

How many voters abstained in Tuscany?

Answer 14

153,000

Question 15

In April how many people voted in favour of French speaking Savoy and how many people objected?

Answer 15

130,583 - 285 objected

Question 16

In Italian speaking Nice, how many voted in favour of joining France?

Answer 16

24,448 - only 160 objected

Question 17

When did the French give Venetia to Italy?

Answer 17

1866

Question 18

When was the Battle of Magenta?

Answer 18

30th May 1859

Question 19

How many men and guns did Austria have in the Battle of Magenta?

Answer 19

14,000 men with 40 guns

Question 20

How many men did the French - Sardinian army have with how many guns?

Answer 20

10,700 with 18 guns

Question 21

When was the Battle of Solferino?

Answer 21

21st - 24th June 1859

Question 22

How many did the French lose in Solferino?

Answer 22

17,000/137,000

Question 23

How many men did Austria lose in Solferino?

Answer 23

21,000/128,000

Question 24

How many men was Garibaldi in command of?

Answer 24

3000

Question 25

When did Garibaldi’s army force Austria to retreat to the Quadrilateral?

Answer 25

26th May 1859

Question 26

When did Garibaldi take his army ‘the thousand’ to Sicily?

Answer 26

May 1860 - 1200 volunteers

Question 27

By the end of May how many volunteers did Garibaldi have?

Answer 27

3000

Question 28

How many troops did Garibaldi beat in Sicily?

Answer 28

20,000

Question 29

When did Garibaldi take Naples and how long was he dictator there for?

Answer 29

September 1861 - 2 months

Question 30

When did Garibaldi give VE II Naples?

Answer 30

26th October 1861

Question 31

When did the French army make Austria retreat near Montebello?

Answer 31

21st June 1859

Question 32

When did Napoleon sue Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria for peace?

Answer 32

11th July 1859

Question 33

When was the Treaty of Zürich?

Answer 33

November 1859

Question 34

How many men did VE II lead during the 2nd war of independence?

Answer 34

100,000 + 20,000 volunteers from the national society

Question 35

When did Austria declare War against Piedmont?

Answer 35

29th April 1859

Question 36

How long did it take Austria to mobilise?

Answer 36

10 days

Question 37

How many troops did Austria have going into war?

Answer 37

90,000

Question 38

Who was the British foreign secretary during the 2nd war of independence?

Answer 38

Lord John Russell

Question 39

When did British Naval Ships land alongside Garibaldi in Sicily?

Answer 39

11th May 1860

Question 40

By 1861 how much deficit did Piedmont have?

Answer 40

2450 million lire

Question 41

How many people worked in industry in Piedmont?

Answer 41

3 million

Question 42

What % of the people working in industry in Piedmont were women and children?

Answer 42

80%