Unification of Italy

Question 1

What is Italy like after the 1848 Revolutions?

Answer 1

Austria controls north, Papal states exist and are helped by France, Bourbon ruler in Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Question 2

What city-state takes the lead in unifying Italy?

Answer 2

Sardinia-Piedmont

Question 3

Who are the rulers of Sardinia-Piedmont?

Answer 3

King Victor Emmanuel II and Count Cavour

Question 4

How did S-P prepare to unify Italy?

Answer 4

modernized and allied with France/GB in Crimean War on 1855

Question 5

How did S-P begin unifying Italy in 1859?

Answer 5

Took Austrian land with France’s help–other states also rebel and ally

Question 6

How was the Two Sicilies joined with Italy?

Answer 6

Garibaldi united them, then tried to take Papal States (helped by France), but the people voted to join everyone else instead

Question 7

How did Italy gain Venetia?

Answer 7

Allied with Prussia and helped win the Austro-Prussian War of 1866

Question 8

How did Italy take Rome?

Answer 8

1871 France has to leave the Pope to fight the Franco-Prussian War–Italy unified fully

Question 9

What was Italy like in the years following unification?

Answer 9

Failed to modernize and progress or accomplish anything useful