Italy Mock Individuals

Question 1

Cavours anti clericalism

Answer 1

Abolished all monasteries not involved w education or charity- 152 suppressed
Reduced its influence
Added around 145k to state income

Question 2

Problems with cavours anti clericalism

Answer 2

Caused a constitutional crisis, temporary resignation, opposition from the right and VE
But he got his way

Question 3

Cavour crushing the radicals

Answer 3

feb 1853 warned austria of mazzinian uprising in milan
1857 stopped more and got angry, persecuted mazzinian democrats

Question 4

cavours actions in government

Answer 4

1855 appointed himself PM, foreign and finance ministers
ensured the gov remained stable and modernised
used la marmora to reform the army

Question 4

cavours trade agreements

Answer 4

free trade treaties in britain and france
forged international links, attracted materials necessary for development

Question 5

railway line cavour

Answer 5

line built to link milan, turin, genoa and french border funded by rothschild and laffite
ad 1/3 peninsulas railway by 1850s

Question 6

crimean war

Answer 6

pushed by VE but won admiration and gratitude of allies, lost 2k men

Question 7

congress of paris

Answer 7

cavour attended
april 8 unification was main topic of discussion
now a diplomatic issue

Question 8

pact of plombieres

Answer 8

nice and savoy for 200k soldiers

Question 9

napoleon bomb plot

Answer 9

1858 killed 8
suppoed letter by napoleon for a romantic in
VE cooled napoleon by presenting piedmont as the best guarantee against radicals

Question 10

pact of plombieres

Answer 10

cavour and napoleon
military plans for austrias expulsion

Question 11

armistice of villafranca

Answer 11

napoleon undermined piedmont when they tried to annex central duchies
solidified in treaty of zurich

Question 12

VEIIs influence on unification

Answer 12

anti clerical- grudge from dad
moderate conservative administration
regulated cavour
acted as figurehead
pushed prussia

Question 13

VEII first actions

Answer 13

shelled radicals entrenched in genoa

Question 14

garibaldis roots

Answer 14

mazzinian
rasied guerilla army against argentians

Question 15

garibaldi romanticism

Answer 15

quasi religious figure of nationalism
sword bent from fighting after roman republic

Question 16

garibaldi roman republic

Answer 16

early 1849
early attacks driven back but outnumbered after 5 months

Question 17

garibaldi with cavour

Answer 17

low intriguer due to losing nice
after plombieres had a meeting and offered to train volunteers

Question 18

garibaldi during austrian war

Answer 18

command of 3k men
forced austrians to retreat
alpine campaign- pressued as they retreated, showed capability

Question 19

sicilian uprising

Answer 19

garibaldi set sail with the thousand
and 1000 rifles w no ammunition
arrived alongside british naval ships
3k defeated 20k enemies

Question 20

garibaldi dictator

Answer 20

rueld sicily for months and pushed naples
oct handed it over to VEII who did plebescites and got the south (facade)