Unification of Italy

Question 1

Cause

Answer 1

Nationalism + combined forces of Camillo di Cavour + nationalist advocates of independence

Question 2

Camillo di Cavour / The Head

Answer 2

Prime minister to Emanuel II; Cunning diplomat; Expelled Austrian authorities from Northern Italy; Inspired by British industrial
growth - wanted to unite Italy
economically using railroads; More moderate than Mazzini -
agreed foreign powers
should be expelled but believed unification had to be guided
by elites; Wanted a united Italy ruled by Piedmont-Sardinia

Question 3

Cavour’s deal with Napoleon

Answer 3

France promised to
defend Piedmont-Sardinia if
it were attacked by Austria in exchange for 2 territories to France -
Cavour planned to provoke that very attack

Question 4

Emmanuel II / The Beneficiary

Answer 4

King of Piedmont and Sardinia

Question 5

Piedmont and Sardinia

Answer 5

Most powerful Italian states

Question 6

Giuseppe Garibaldi / The Hand

Answer 6

Soldier + nationalist who led the unification movement of Southern Italy

Question 7

Giuseppe Mazzini / The Heart

Answer 7

Created the Young
Italy movement, calling for unification of Italy guided not by the elites
but by the people through
revolutionary action