Post Unity Italy

Question 1

When was the Kingdom of Italy declared?

Answer 1

March 1861

Question 2

Who was declared as leader of the Kingdom of Italy?

Answer 2

Victor Emmanuel II

Question 3

What does the Pope think of the Kingdom of Italy?

Answer 3

Not a fan - places anathema on unification

Calls for priests to denounce it from Church pulpits and for people to oppose

Question 4

When does Cavour die?

Answer 4

(6th) June 1861

Question 5

‘Roma o morte’ means what?

Answer 5

Rome or death

Question 6

What does ‘Roma o morte’ refer to?

Answer 6

GB’s quest to seize Rome

Question 7

The constitution of the Kingdom of Italy is based on what?

Answer 7

The Statuto

Question 8

In March 1861 how much land did the Church lose to the state?

Answer 8

2/3rds of it

Question 9

Who said ‘We have made Italy. Now we must make Italians’?

Answer 9

Massimo D’Azeglio

Question 10

When did D’Azeglio say ‘We have made Italy. Now we must make Italians’?

Answer 10

1861

Question 11

At which ‘Roma o morte’ battle is GB wounded at in 1862?

Answer 11

Battle of Aspromonte

Question 12

When was the Syllabus of Errors published?

Answer 12

1864

Question 13

What was the Syllabus of Errors?

Answer 13

A publication by Pope Pius IX that rejected liberalism, claimed the right of Church to control education, refuse tolerance of other religions and hold temporal power

Question 14

Where do OVB and Napo III meet October 1865?

Answer 14

Biarritz

Question 15

Who met at Biarritz in October 1865?

Answer 15

OVB and Napo III

Question 16

When did OVB and Napo III meet at Biarritz?

Answer 16

October 1865

Question 17

What was agreed at Biarritz in October 1865?

Answer 17

France would remain neutral in any forthcoming Austro-Prussian war.
In return, Venice would be returned to France (and ultimately to Italians)

Question 18

When was the September Convention?

Answer 18

September 1864

Question 19

What was agreed at the September Convention?

Answer 19

France would evacuate Rome within 2 years

Question 20

Who was at the September Convention?

Answer 20

Napoleon and VE

Question 21

What was agreed between Prussia and Italy in April 1866?

Answer 21

Prussia would form an alliance with Italy.

Question 22

What was agreed June 1866?

Answer 22

Austria would give Venetia to France in return for their neutrality in the upcoming war

Question 23

When did Prussia declare war on Austria?

Answer 23

(20th) June 1866

Question 24

At which two battles were the Italians heavily defeated at during the 1866 Austro-Prussian war?

Answer 24

Custozza (June) and Lissa (July)

Question 25

At which battle were the Austrians crushed by the Prussians? (1866)

Answer 25

Battle of Sadowa

Question 26

When did the Prussians crush the Austrians at the Battle of Sadowa?

Answer 26

(3rd) July 1866

Question 27

When was the Treaty of Prague?

Answer 27

August 1866

Question 28

What was agreed at the Treaty of Prague?

Answer 28

Venetia was given to Napo who later gave it to the KoI

Question 29

When was GB's second attempt at 'Roma o morte'?

Answer 29

1867

Question 30

Where was GB's second attempt at 'Roma o morte'?

Answer 30

Mentana

Question 31

When did the Franco-Prussian war begin (OVB lure Napo to war)?

Answer 31

(19th) July 1870

Question 32

When was France defeated in the Franco-Prussian war?

Answer 32

(1st/2nd) September 1870

Question 33

How does Italy make the most of the Franco-Prussian war?

Answer 33

No troops in Rome so can walk in, seize and annex it

Question 34

When does Italy annex Rome?

Answer 34

(2nd) October 1870

Question 35

In 1871, what proportion of the population knew and commonly used Italian?

Answer 35

63,000 out of 27 million

Question 36

What was the illiteracy rate in 1871?

Answer 36

2/3rd of the population