Giolitti Flashcards
what 2 social reforms did G introduce to gain support from the socialists?
1901 banning employment of children under 12
1902 limiting working hours for women to 11
why did the Catholic Church grow in support?
sports clubs and youth movements expanded between 1904-1911
How did G try to gain support from the Catholic Church?
offered concessions - allowed the divorce bill quietly disappear from parliament
promoted Catholic interests such as in education
how did G succeed in gaining support from the Catholic Church?
Pope encouraged catholics to vote in around 150 constituencies where socialists had a considerable chance of winning
how were G’s policies towards the Catholic Church unsuccessful?
G focused too much on the socialists - CC less willing to work with him
they were angered bc G didn’t give the Pope Roman territory
roman Q still unsolved
why did nationalist support grow?
Italy’s failure of the values of Risorgimento
defeat in the battle of Adwa
how many died in the battle of Adwa?
7000 killed
how did G try to gain support from the nationalists?
invade Libya
G tried preventing nationalist support by boosting his own programmes of reform and economic modernisation
how did G fail in gaining support from the nationalists?
they saw him as representing weakness and corruption
Libyan war caused more problems
economic modernisation failed to prevent N support
what successes came out of the Libyan war?
national enthusiasm - seen as a victory which overcame the shame of the Battle of Adwa (1896), and showed Italy to be a great power
what were the failures of the Libyan war for G? (5 points)
- The war increased support for the ANI and accentuated their opposition to the Liberal government because they believed not enough was done to ensure Italian victory.
- It encouraged nationalists to demand further expansion.
- Nationalists continued to refuse to work with G
- Giolitti lost socialist support as they were anti-war. The PSI had helped form the key basis for his programme of trasformismo - this was now lost.
- Encouraged Giolitti to extend the franchise, as it was difficult to deny the vote to Italy’s conscript soldiers. This led to further political problems for the Liberals.
how many Italian men died in Libya?
3500
what was the franchise extension?
1912 extended vote to all military service men and all men over 30 regardless of literacy
what did G hope franchise extension would do?
promote national unity
strengthen the vote in rural areas
undermine the PSI
increase popularity of liberals
how did the franchise extension fail?
1913 liberals lost 71 seats
Socialists, nationalist, radicals and the Catholic Church all made gains in their vote
