Early Italy - A Great Power?

Question 1

1896-1912 profits in new industry, increase or decrease? By what?

Answer 1

10.5% increase

Question 2

Proportion of agricultural workers who migrate away from rural areas

Answer 2

6%

Question 3

Reason for migration of rural workers

Answer 3

mechanisation e.g Po Valley

Question 4

Italians were getting richer by what % p/a

Answer 4

2%

Question 5

In what years did public investment (e.g hydroelectric / irrigation) increase by 50%

Answer 5

1900-07

Question 6

1896-1912 increase in industrial workers wages

Answer 6

40%

Question 7

increase in industrial workers wages decreased the appeal of …

Answer 7

marxist appeal

Question 8

What was created in the north due to mechanisation?

Answer 8

wealthy agar

Question 9

What was a driver for the creation of an urban middle class

Answer 9

free primary education

Question 10

What happened to agricultural wages? What did this increase?

Answer 10

barely moved

north south divide increased

Question 11

What was funding in the south invested into?

Answer 11

irrigation schemes

combating malaria

Question 12

What statistic shows poverty in the south?

Answer 12

0.01% of Sicily’s population owns 50% of the land

Question 13

From when did the Pope allow Catholics to participate in politics

Answer 13

1909

Question 14

When was Giolittis electoral reform?

Answer 14

1911

Question 15

What did Giolittis electoral reform do?

Answer 15

X3 electorate to 8.5million

Question 16

What were the conditions for voting after Giolittis 1911 electoral reform?

Answer 16

all over 30

all literate over 21

Question 17

What was the nationalists call for unredeemed lands

Answer 17

terre irredente

Question 18

When was the nationalist voice extremely high in early Italy?

Answer 18

after defeat at Adowa

Question 19

Name of the Nationalists paper

Answer 19

L’Idea Nationale

Question 20

What X4 work policies did Giolitti introduce?

Answer 20

• child labour ban
• women hours reduced
• rest day
• maternity fund

Question 21

When was the rest day introduced?

Answer 21

1907

Question 22

Name X2 positives that would come about via strong foreign policy

Answer 22

• resources

- tackle emigration

Question 23

When was the Italian defeat at Adowa?

Answer 23

1896

Question 24

Italian lives lost at Adowa

Answer 24

7000

Question 25

What did the defeat at Adowa mean for the PM? Who was the PM?

Answer 25

prompted PM Crispi’s resignation

Question 26

When was Giolittis Libya campaign

Answer 26

1911

Question 27

What parts of Libya were captured

Answer 27

coastal regions only

Question 28

Why was the Libya campaign introduced

Answer 28

attempt to appease conservative Liberals and nationalists

Question 29

Church’s position on Libyan war

Answer 29

condemned violent imperialism

Question 30

How was recruitment into Italian army done?

Answer 30

via conscription

Question 31

What was a criticism of Giolitti’s Libyan campaign

Answer 31

very £££

Question 32

What did Giolitti promise in the case of strikes

Answer 32

neutrality within state agencies

Question 33

How many immigrants from 1870s-1915

Answer 33

5mil

Question 34

What was the name of the pact between Catholics and Mussolini?

Answer 34

Il Pactto Gentilloni

Question 35

When was the pact between Catholics and Mussolini in place?

Answer 35

during 1913 election