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Italy Booklet 4 1861-70 Flashcards

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1
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Obstacle - The French and Austrians

What did Napoleon agree to at the September Convention?

A

evacuate Rome if the capital of Italy was Florence

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Obstacle - The French and Austrians

When was the September Convention?

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1864

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Obstacle - The French and Austrians

Which PM agreed to the September Convention, resulting in VEII sacking him?

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Minghetti

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4
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Obstacle - The French and Austrians

How many people died rioting the change of the capital in Turin?

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23

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5
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Obstacle - The French and Austrians

Who supported Austria?

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The Great Powers

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Obstacle - The French and Austrians

How was Austria weakened externally to Italy?

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Increased Prussian power: made a free Trade treaty with France in 1862 and excluded Austria

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Obstacle - Cavour’s Death

When and what of did Cavour die?

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June 1861 to malaria

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Obstacle - Cavour’s Death

What 5 PM’s followed in 5 years?

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Ricasoli, Rattazzi, Farini, Minghetti, La Marmora

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Obstacle - Cavour’s Death

Why was Rattazzi seen as anti-Italian?

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Sent troops to stop Garibaldi so as not to upset France

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Obstacle - Cavour’s Death

Why did Rattazzi have to send troops against Garibaldi?

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In 1862 Garibaldi set up the Society for the Emancipation of Rome and tried to attack Rome

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Obstacle - Cavour’s Death

Which PM tried to stab the king?

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Farini

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Obstacle - Cavour’s Death

What classes of people made up government?

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Piedmontese nobility and the educated middle class

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Obstacle - Cavour’s Death

An all male parliament was elected by what % of the population?

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2%

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Obstacle - Cavour’s Death

How many members of parliament were elected by how many voters?

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443 members by 150,000 voters

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Obstacle - Cavour’s Death

What was unified across Italy?

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  • single criminal legal code (except for Tuscany)
  • Italian navy and army
  • unified education system
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Obstacle - the Papacy

What was fractious cohabitation?

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An uneasy relationship between church and state

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Obstacle - the Papacy

What else was threatening the church at the time?

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  • Darwin’s origin of the species 1859
  • Theologians such as French Catholic Renan’s theory that the Bible shouldn’t be presumed as accurate
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Obstacle - the Papacy

What was the Syllabus of Errors?

A

Pope rejecting all modern ideas

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Obstacle - the Papacy

When was the Syllabus of Errors?

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1864

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Obstacle - the Papacy

What did the state do in retaliation to the Syllabus of Errors?

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Increase church taxes and demand they hand over property

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Obstacle - the Papacy

What was the Dogma of Papal Infallibility?

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Stated the pope’s belief if indisputable

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Obstacle - the Papacy

When was the Dogma of Papal Infallibility proclaimed?

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1870

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23
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Obstacle - the Papacy

How much land has the pope lost?

A

2/3

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Obstacle - the Southern Question

Give an example of how the voting systems were corrupt

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In Nice, the “no” slips weren’t even brought to the voting stations so you had to vote yes

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Obstacle - the Southern Question

Give an example of how the North didn’t understand the South

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1859 the Casati Law made primary education compulsory, yet it didn’t happen in the South as the majority were illiterate

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Obstacle - the Southern Question

What did Cavour crush in the south?

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Any opposition including bourbons, soldiers, Garibaldini, peasants demanding reform

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Obstacle - the Southern Question

What did Cavour order Farini and when?

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To crush opposition in the south following an October 1860 uprising by Bourbon agents

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Obstacle - Piedmontisation

The legal system of Naples was changed by how many decrees in how many days and when?

A

53 decrees in 2 days

Feb 1861

29
Q

Obstacle - Piedmontisation

How many provinces was the new kingdom divided into?

A

53

30
Q

Obstacle - Piedmontisation

Give examples of things that were standardised

A

Coins, weights, customs

31
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Obstacle - Piedmontisation

How was education payed for?

A

By attacking the church

32
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Obstacle - Piedmontisation

How many church monasteries were dissolved?

A

2382

33
Q

Obstacle - Piedmontisation

What did dissolving monasteries cause?

A

Deprived areas in south of charitable institutions

34
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Obstacle - Piedmontisation

Why was the jury system not effective in the south?

A

The mafia would corrupt and intimidate jurors

35
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Obstacle - Piedmontisation

Why was Lombardy unhappy with Piedmontisation?

A

Had previously been promised their own legal and education system and a local govt

36
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Obstacle - Piedmontisation

Who introduced it?

A

La Mamora with an emergency decree

37
Q

Obstacle - Piedmontisation

Why did Tuscany manage to regain Tuscan customs and legal systems?

A

Was ruled by the powerful Baron Ricasoli

38
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Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

When was the war?

A

1861-65

39
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Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

Who were Brigands?

A

Bandits who lived in the mountains/forests and were seen as protectors of the south

40
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Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

How much debt was being payed off by higher taxes?

A

2.5 billion Lire

41
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Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

What was introduced, causing starvation as no one could harvest the land?

A

Conscription

42
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Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

In what year did how many men take to the hills to avoid military service?

A

1861, 25000 men

43
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Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

Why did many Bourbon soldiers flee to the mountains?

A

Piedmontese General Cialdini ordered they be shot if found with weapons

44
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Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

How many convicts were in the Brigands?

A

10,000

45
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Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

By 1862 how many Brigands were there?

A

82,000

46
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Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

How many soldiers did Piedmont deploy to deal with the Brigand threat?

A

120,000

47
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Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

In what year were 90,000 troops engaged in peace keeping (more than used against Austria)?

A

1863

48
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Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

Name a leader of the Brigands

A

Crocco

49
Q

Obstacle - The Brigands’ War

What happened in Palermo in the week-long rebellion in 1866?

A

Murder of govt officials and three days of bitter street-fighting

50
Q

Obstacle - Economic and Social

How much was the debt by 1861?

A

2,450 million Lire

51
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Obstacle - Economic and Social

When was the Flour tax?

A

1865

52
Q

Obstacle - Economic and Social

What fraction of Italian bonds were in foreign hands?

A

1/3

53
Q

Obstacle - Economic and Social

By what year, did what % of state expenditure was spent on the debts?

A

1866 60%

54
Q

Obstacle - Economic and Social

When was the Grist Tax introduced?

A

1868

55
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Obstacle - Economic and Social

How many deaths and wounded were there in riots against the Grist tax?

A

250 dead 1000 wounded

56
Q

Obstacle - Economic and Social

How many million acres of church land was sold in how many years?

A

9 million acres in 9 years

57
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Obstacle - Economic and Social

Why were Latifundia owners problematic?

A

Enclosed land and removed common land for farminf

58
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Obstacle - Economic and Social

What % of each year’s produce was used for debt repayment?

A

30%

59
Q

Obstacle - Economic and Social

How many people were employed in industry in 1861?

A

3 million people

60
Q

Obstacle - Economic and Social

How many km of railway in Italy by unification?

A

2,773km

61
Q

Obstacle - Economic and Social

When were the Venetian and Lombard railway systems linked together?

A

1857

62
Q

Obstacle - Economic and Social

Where had no railways at all?

A

Sicily and Sardinia

63
Q

Obstacle - Economic and Social

Which industry was hindered in the south and where?

A

Olive oil industry in Apulia

64
Q

Obstacle - Economic and Social

When did railways pass to private hands as the govt couldn’t afford them?

A

1865

65
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When was the Mount Cenis tunnel completed linking Italy and France?

A

1871

66
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What was the economy called in its state?

A

A dual economy

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