5. Cavour and Garibaldi

Question 1

Cavour was

Answer 1

Clever
Pragmatic
Royalist
Satisfied with northern Italy?

Question 2

Garibaldi was

Answer 2

Simple
Principled
Royalist?
wanted to unify whole of Italy

Question 3

Cavours motives

1. those who believe Risorgimento would say
2. other historians

Answer 3

1. Cavour pretended to stop Garibaldi whilst secretly supporting him
2. Cavour Garibaldis enemy - pretended to support expedition in Sicily. didn’t want loss of popular support

Question 4

Success in southern Italy

1. when was Garibaldis expedition to Sicily successful

Answer 4

1. July 1860

Question 5

Success in southern Italy

2. when did Garibaldi march north towards naples

Answer 5

2. August 1860

Question 6

Success in southern Italy

3. how did Cavour react to Garibaldi marching north

Answer 6

3. tried to stir up pro-piedmontese risings in Naples - failed
   organised invasion of Papal States from north to block Garibaldis army

Question 7

Success in southern Italy

4. When was Garibaldi successful against Neapolitan forces?

Answer 7

4. September 1860

Question 8

Success in southern Italy

5. When did Garibaldi hand over territories to VE?

Answer 8

5. October 1860

Question 9

The Kingdom of Italy

1. Where voted for union with Piedmont (after Garibaldis expedition)

Answer 9

1. Sicily
   Naples
   eastern and central parts of papal states

Question 10

The Kingdom of Italy

2. why did states vote for union with Piedmont

Answer 10

2. vote in favour of change of existing rulers (not necessarily nationalist, many had never heard of VE I or Italy)

Question 11

The kingdom of Italy

3. when was the kingdom of Italy proclaimed

Answer 11

3. March 1861

Question 12

The kingdom of Italy

4. where still needed to be unified

Answer 12

4. the patrimony of St Peter (area around Rome) controlled by pope and french occupation
   Venetia in Austrian hands