Liberal Italy 1896 - 1915

Question 1

Risorgimento?

Answer 1

The unification of italy
United in 1861
Lasting over 60 years

Question 2

Fascism?

Answer 2

Extreme nationalist views segregating minority groups (far right)

Question 3

National identity?

Answer 3

What ties you to your nationality

Question 4

Nationalism?

Answer 4

Pride to be apart of your country

Question 5

Franchise?

Answer 5

Who has the right to vote

Question 6

Grandezza ?

Answer 6

Italys desire for an empire

Question 7

Transformismo ?

Answer 7

The solving of the corruption within italian politics

Question 8

Italia irredenta ?

Answer 8

Unredeemed Italy in Austria

Question 9

Triple alliance ?

Answer 9

Alliance with Germany and Austria in 1882

Question 10

Socialism ?

Answer 10

Believed in worker’s rights and formed unions

Question 11

Syndacalism ?

Answer 11

Believed that workers should seize control of industry and the state by force

Question 12

Futurism ?

Answer 12

Believed Italy’s conservative values should be swept away by war & recreated to restore greatness

Question 13

Irredentism and Empire ?

Answer 13

Wanted Italy to assert itself overseas & reclaim unredeemed lands to create an empire.

Question 14

Giovanni Giolitti ?

Answer 14

PM in 1903 who wanted to perfect transformismo

Question 15

Problems of Liberal Italy 1870 - 96 ?

Answer 15

• lack of italian identity
• hostility of catholic church
• economic weakness

Question 16

Critics of Liberal Italy ?

Answer 16

• socialism
• syndicalism
• nationalism

Question 17

Who used authoritarianism ?

Answer 17

• Pelloux
• Crispi
• Rudini

Question 18

Who used pacification ?

Answer 18

• Zanardelli
• Saracco

Question 19

How did Crispi respond to unrest ?

Answer 19

• used royal decree
• used military

Question 20

How did Rudini respond to unrest ?

Answer 20

• signed treaty with abissinia (Ethiopia)
• maintained authoritarianism

Question 21

How did Pelloux respond to unrest ?

Answer 21

• banned public meetings
• limited the press

Question 22

How did Sarracco respond to unrest ?

Answer 22

• civil liberties been upheld
• protests were allowed

Question 23

How did Zanardelli respond to unrest ?

Answer 23

• did very little just upheld pacification

Question 24

What did Giolitti improve ?

Answer 24

• pensions
• funding for schools
• increased franchise to men 30+
• limit child labour

Question 25

What did Giolitti do wrong ?

Answer 25

- spent too much money on Libya

Question 26

What were the failures of Italian Domestic Policy?

Answer 26

- Unrest not solved - Strong Government not created - Lack of Italian identity

Question 27

What were the positives of Foreign Policy?

Answer 27

- Gained Libya - Joined alliance with Germany and France

Question 28

What were the negatives of Foreign Policy?

Answer 28

- Libya was expensive and no Italians wanted to migrate - Cannot have Tunisia due to France’s occupation - Didnt like the triple alliance as they wanted to irredentist lands in Austria

Question 29

What was the battle of Adwa?

Answer 29

The battle between Italy and Ethiopia (Abissinya) under Menelik II in December 1894

Question 30

How many men did Italy lose in the battle of Adwa?

Answer 30

60%

Question 31

Why was Italy not ready for WW1?

Answer 31

- They didn’t have the funding - They didn’t have the supplies - The weapons were out of date

Question 32

What was the Treaty Of London?

Answer 32

Agreement between the Entente and Italy in 1914 whereby if they fought they would divide the land after WW1

Question 33

What was the Treaty of Germain?

Answer 33

The settlement agreement between the allies and Austria whereby the irredentist land would be given to Italy

Question 34

What happened in Fiume?

Answer 34

- D’Annunzio seized Fuime after WW1 with 200 soldiers - Italian Government did nothing - Giolitti finally orders Italian troops to bombard the Fiume port - After this, D’Annunzio leaves Fiume and it becomes a free city - 1923 Mussolini seizes Fuime😊

Question 35

What were the economic problems after WW1 for Italy?🇮🇹

Answer 35

- 2 million returning soldiers put a strain on the government - 85 billion lire in debt