Italy - Introduction Flashcards
What year did Italy unify?
1870
Which cities made up the Golden Triangle?
Milan, Turin, Genoa
What percentage of the population of the South owned 50% of the land?
0.01%
What were the key issues resulting from the recent unification of Italy?
Italy had been made up of 9 regions, each with their own dialect - language and cultural barriers.
What was the name for the political deal-making that characterised the early government of Italy?
‘Trasformismo’
What percentage of the population was eligible to vote after the 1888 and 1912 extensions of the franchise?
1888 - 8%
1912 - 24%
What formed the basis for eligibility to vote in the 1912 extension of the franchise?
Literacy.
All literate men over 21, all men over 30.
What were the biggest problems in the South?
Unequal distribution of wealth,
Poverty,
Illiteracy,
Disease (malaria, typhus, cholera, rickets)
What percentage of the 5 million emigrants to the USA between 1876 and 1930 were Italian?
4/5.
What key economic development did the North enjoy while the South relied on agriculture?
A growing industry, including cars, textiles, etc.
Until what year did the Pope ban Catholics from voting in elections?
1909.
In what year did the Italians suffer a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Abyssinians?
1896.
What did Italy’s struggle for unification become known as?
Risorgimento
What was the Roman Question?
During the process of unification, the Pope has lost of all of his lands except the Vatican, and this led to a great rift between church and state. The Pope (until 1909) forbade Catholics from voting.
