Mutilated Victory Flashcards
How much was Italy in debt by in 1919?
85 billion lira
Why was Italy in huge debt?
Money had been borrowed from Britain and the USA
Why did inflation occur?
Government still had to print money to pay for war effort
How much did purchasing power of wages of factor workers fall by?
25%
How many people took strikes in 1919?
over a million
What had unemployment risen to by 1919?
2 million
What did membership of socialist trade union go up to?
2 million
What was membership of the PSI in 1919?
200,000
How many seats did the PSI win in November 1919?
156
What was happening due to bread prices?
riots
What was happening in the countryside?
Peasants occupying unfarmed land and joining socialist trade unions
Why were the middle class and landowners beginning to do?
worry and blame the government for not doing anything
What happened in the Paris Peace conference at Versailles in 1919?
Italy not been given lands promised in the Treaty, they didn’t see Italy as a great power
(only Trent, Triste and Northern Dalmatia gained)
What happened 12 September 1919?
D’Annuzio took 2,000 men and seized contested port of Fiume
How did the government react to the occupation of Fiume?
failed to react for 15 months and only removed the occupying force on X-mas day 1920
