Book 2 Cavour

Question 1

In which state was Cavour born in 1811?

Answer 1

Piedmont

Question 2

Cavour went to military school and spent some time in the army before entering politics. What reputation did he develop?

Answer 2

rebel

Question 3

Visits to Britain and France sparked Cavour’s interest in which areas of the economy?

Answer 3

industrial cities, railways and banking systems

Question 4

Whilst running his family estate in the 1830s, he continued to study economics and wrote books. What key institution did he help set up in Turin?

Answer 4

Bank of Turin

Question 5

How did Cavour take advantage of Charles Albert’s free press in 1847?

Answer 5

Started his own publication Il Risorgimento and used it to publicise his non-revolutionary political ideas

Question 6

Name 3 events Cavour used to gain personal power.

Answer 6

Connubio, appointment of Rattazzi, stabilising government post 1857 by sacking Rattazzi and allying with the right.

Question 7

Why did Cavour temporarily resign in 1855?

Answer 7

Over opposition to his church reforms.

Question 8

How did the Cavour stabilise government after 1857?

Answer 8

Sacked Rattazzi, stopped attacking the church and allied with the right.

Question 9

Radicals rose up in Milan against the Austrians in 1853, how did Cavour respond?

Answer 9

Warned the Austrians and gained their favour

Question 10

Piscane attempted a Mazzinian uprising in Naples in 1857, which failed. How did Cavour use this failure?

Answer 10

Cavour used failures to prove the unviability of republics and then persecute Mazzinian supporters in Piedmont, hence removing their threat.

Question 11

Name two examples of how Cavour developed Piedmontese industry and commerce.

Answer 11

government subsidies, electric telegraph, canals

Question 12

Name two Trade Agreements that Cavour organised.

Answer 12

Free trade with Belgium, France, Britain; foreign loans; foreign investment (e.g. railway and Cenis Tunnel)

Question 13

Suggest two ways Cavour developed Piedmontese infrastructure.

Answer 13

The Sicilia, first Italian steam ship, modernised Port of Genoa, railway through Piedmont and international links, Mount Cenis tunnel, telegraph

Question 14

What were the negative results of Cavour’s economic reforms?

Answer 14

Increase in public debt, high interest foreign loans (especially to French)

Question 15

Was Piedmont’s foreign policy pro Italian Nationalism?

Answer 15

Not exactly, more anti-Austrian and pro Piedmontese expansion

Question 16

What did Cavour consider the most important necessity to defeat the Austrians in the north?

Answer 16

A foreign ally

Question 17

Why was 1850+ considered a good time to challenge the Austrians?

Answer 17

They appeared weakened by revolution, nationalist uprisings, Prussia’s economic challenge

Question 18

Where is the Crimean peninsula?

Answer 18

Off of the tip of the Ukraine in the Black Sea

Question 19

Who were Britain, France and Turkey fighting to protect Crimea 1854-56?

Answer 19

Russia

Question 20

Why did Cavour send Piedmontese troops to Crimea in 1855?

Answer 20

To gain a foreign ally

Question 21

Why did the Crimean War make Piedmont look good and Austria look bad?

Answer 21

Austria remained neutral, which Britain and France resented

Question 22

Which powerful president’s acquaintance did Cavour make at the Congress of Paris at the end of the Crimean War in 1856?

Answer 22

Louis Napoleon of France