Problems post unification: brief summary Flashcards
Why weren’t Italians enthused by unification?
The great maj. of pop had not taken part in the fight for it.
Why did the literature of the Risorgimento have little effect?
77% illiterate (90% in S)
What was swept away?
Region’s own laws
People in the S had to…
pay higher taxes= RESENTMENT
Why was the S geographically isolated?
lack of an efficient transport network made communication difficult.
Most of Italian agriculture was at?
sustenance levels
What % of cereals grown were consumed by the farmers themselves?
40
The land sold off after unification had been bought by?
Latifundia
Politicians represented the?
Wealthy MCs
LG knew that Italy was a divided country and that…
this posed a threat to the state
LG tried and failed to reach a compromise with the CC with the…
1871 Law of Guarantees
LG agreed that state education could?
foster a sense of national identity
Why were liberals reluctant to implement a programme of govt investment and public works?
it might ease poverty BUT against lib principles of LAISSEZ FAIRE which condemned high taxation.
What was to be neglected for much of the Lib period?
S and poverty
created a vacuum for Fascism to exploit.
What does Collier describe the new C and form of govt as?
Piedmontisation
