The Liberal State 1911-18 Flashcards
1
Q
_% of Italians were illiterate in 1870 - majority being in the South
A
- 70% of Italians were illiterate in 1870 - majority being in the South
2
Q
in __, universal manhood suffrage had been introduced
A
- in 1912, universal manhood suffrage had been introduced
3
Q
when was the Invasion of Libya
A
- September 1911
4
Q
who was in the Triple alliance
A
- Germany
- Austria-Hungary
- Italy (originally in this alliance)
4
Q
who was in the Triple Entente
A
- France
- Britain
- Russia
- USA
5
Q
when did Italy join the war + who with + why
A
- Italy joined war in 1915 with the Triple Entente
- joined due to strikes against their neutrality - Salandra worried of revolution
- in winter of 1914, the triple alliance was struggling
5
Q
under General Diaz, casualty rates fell from __ in 1917 to __ in 1918
A
- under General Diaz, casualty rates fell from 520,000 in 1917 to 143,000 in 1918
6
Q
what is evidence for Italy’s economic improvement throughput the war
A
- Fiat established itself as Europe’s leading truck manufacturer
- Fiat produced 25,000 trucks in 1918
7
Q
by __, bread and pasta were being rationed, and meat and sugar consumption was falling sharply
A
- by 1917, bread and pasta were being rationed, and meat and sugar consumption was falling sharply
7
Q
by __, Italy was _bn lire in debt
A
- by 1919, Italy was 85bn lire in debt
8
Q
in the Nov 1919 election, socialists had won _ seats
A
- in the Nov 1919 election, socialists had won 156 seats
8
Q
who created the term ‘mutilated victory’
A
- the nationalist poet Gabriel D’Annunzio
- meant victory but at a cost
9
Q
what is evidence of a mutilated victory post war
A
- 23bn of debt
- 2 million unemployed
- animosity between groups
