Italy : Obstacles to unification

Question 1

When was the September convention ?

Answer 1

September 1864

Question 2

What was agreed at the September convention ?

Answer 2

Nap III agreed to remove French garrison from Rome if Florence is named the new capital

Question 3

What area was still owned by Austria which they wouldn’t give up ?

Answer 3

Venetia

Question 4

When did Cavour die ?

Answer 4

June 1861

Question 5

How many Prime ministers did Italy have after Cavour ?

Answer 5

10 in 10 years

Question 6

What problem did all ministers after Cavour struggle with ?

Answer 6

Lacked the support of VE

Question 7

Who tried to stab the King ?

Answer 7

Farini

Question 8

How much of the population made up the electorate ?

Answer 8

2% of males

Question 9

Why did the pope disapprove of the new state ?

Answer 9

He lost 2/3 of his land due to annexation of the central duchies

Question 10

What was the name of the period of tension between the pope and Piedmont ?

Answer 10

Fractious cohabitation

Question 11

What did the syllabus of Errors essentially state ?

Answer 11

Do not accept modernisation
No other religions will be tolerated

Question 12

Why was the Pope such a large problem ?

Answer 12

97% of the population were catholic and would be encouraged against Piedmont

Question 13

What did the pope pass in 1870

Answer 13

Dogma of papal infallibility- Whatever the pope says is not to be questioned

Question 14

What did the pope claim himself as after the annexation of Rome ?

Answer 14

Prisoner of the Vatican

Question 15

What was created between the North and South ?

Answer 15

Dual Economy

Question 16

Why did the people of Sicily vote for annexation ?

Answer 16

Just to escape the rule of the Bourbons

Question 17

What did the North and South lack together ?

Answer 17

Common culture, Social imbalance

Question 18

What is the Casati Law and what happened ?

Answer 18

Made primary education compulsory, never implemented in the south where it was most needed

Question 19

Why were the south unhappy with VE being in charge ?

Answer 19

No land redistribution as Garibaldi promised

Question 20

What method did Cavour use to oppress the south which was not appreciated ?

Answer 20

Crushed all opposition

Question 21

How many monasteries were destroyed to fund education ?

Answer 21

2382 - Strengthened fractious cohabitation

Question 22

What caused the shared jury system to fail ?

Answer 22

Corruption

Question 23

Who were the Brigands ?

Answer 23

“The protectors of the south” - bandits who hid in the mountains to avoid conscription - Against VE

Question 24

Who were the Brigands made up of ?

Answer 24

Disillusioned, 1000 escaped prisoners who escaped during Garibaldi’s conquest

Question 25

How many estimated Brigands were there ?

Answer 25

82,000 -1862

Question 26

By 1863, how many troops were engaged in peace keeping ?

Answer 26

90,000 piedmontese

Question 27

By mid1860s- how many of Italy’s bonds were in foreign hands ?

Answer 27

1/3

Question 28

What unpopular tax was reintroduced ?

Answer 28

Grist tax

Question 29

How my of each years produce was used for debt repayment ?

Answer 29

30%