HCHS Italy: A LEVEL UNIT 2 - Booklet 4 Flashcards

1
Q

In 1864 Napoleon agreed to withdraw troops from Rome, if the capital was moved to where?

A

From Turin to Florence

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2
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How did Italians respond to the capital being moved to Florence?

A

Riots in Turin, 23 deaths

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3
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What was Austria desperate to keep control of in the 1860s?

A

Venetia

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4
Q

How did Cavour die in June 1861?

A

Malaria

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5
Q

Put the 5 first Prime Ministers in chronological order [1861-66] Minghetti, Ricasoli, La Marmora, Rattazzi, Farini

A

Ricasoli, Rattazzi, Farini, Minghetti and La Marmora

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6
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Give two reasons why the first 5 Prime ministers were weak.

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Lack of support from King VE and weak parliamentary discipline

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7
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Who set up the Society for the Emancipation of Rome in 1862?

A

Garibaldi

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8
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Define irredentism.

A

Italian for ‘unredeemed’. Any movement to reclaim a homeland based on ethnic or historical traditions.

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9
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Why did Mazzini describe Italy as a sham?

A

Monarchy, unrepresented masses

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10
Q

List FOUR changes across the new Italy.

A

Unified legal codes, Italian Army, Italian Navy, unified political system

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What was the Pope’s response to the new Italy?

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Syllabus of Errors, criticising changes such as religious tolerance.

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12
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What was the Pope’s temporal power?

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Non religious, ‘worldly’ powers such as tax collection and legal judgement

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13
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Define fractious cohabitation.

A

The Pope and Victor Emmanuel both held power in Italy, although not happily together.

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14
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Why was the Casati Law an issue in the South?

A

Compulsory primary education could not be easily introduced to the mostly illiterate south.

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15
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Define Piedmontisation.

A

The introduction of unified, Piedmontese laws, customs and traditions across Italy.

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16
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Why was Piedmontisation unpopular? 4 reasons

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Big changes, too fast, no local autonomy, no regional consideration.

17
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How did Cavour deal with opposition to change in the South?

A

Crush it with force.

18
Q

How did the education policies, in particular, upset the Catholic church?

A

Government closed monasteries and convents to pay for the new schools.

19
Q

Why didn’t the jury system work in the South?

A

The mafia corrupted it. Again, little regional consideration before introducing new policies.

20
Q

Which powerful state was the only one to retain any autonomy from Piedmont in the short term?

21
Q

Who were the Brigands?

A

Southern bandits that lived in the mountains during Napoleonic Wars

22
Q

Define brigandage.

A

The life of brigands, usually supported by robbery and plunder.

23
Q

Why was conscription particularly unpopular in the South?

A

Took young men from the farms.

24
Q

Along with men who were anti-conscription, who else joined the Brigands in the 1860s?

A

ExBourbon soldiers, convicts, unemployed men

25
How many Brigands had amassed in the South by 1862?
82,000
26
Name FOUR ways that the Brigands were defeated by Piedmont forces in the civil war of 1865.
Executed without trial, burn towns, imprison relatives of suspects, neutrals treated as supporters, censorship
27
What unpopular taxes were introduced to pay for 1859 and Brigand War debt?
Flour tax and Grist (grinding grain) tax
28
Why did land reform, promised by Garibaldi, never happen?
Rich bought up church land, not Piedmont's priority, peasants who bought land could not afford to modernise
29
Which natural resource did Italy lack to industrialise?
Coal
30
Which tunnel was built to join northern Italy's railways to France?
Mount Cenis