3a. Second War Of Indepedance Flashcards

1
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When was the national society founded

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1857

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2
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Who was the national society founded by

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Group of exited living in Piedmont including Giuseppe La Farina and Danielle Manin

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3
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How many members did the National society have by 1857

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8000

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4
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How many volunteers did the National society provide for Cavour against Austria

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20,000

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Why did the National society suit Cavour/ why did he allow it to grow

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Their type of nationalism was conservative/ was pragmatic rather than radical and ideological/ limited to concept of northern unification/ their nationalism became associated with political stability which Garabaldis wasn’t

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6
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What did the National society use their networks for

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Nationalistic Propaganda and promotion

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What were the aims of the National society

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Promote the cause of national unity within Piedmont/ encourage nationalism along peninsula to accept Piedmont rule

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What did Cavour want in terms of nationalism

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A United northern Italian state, economically powerful and free from Austrian dominance

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9
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What was the name of the newspaper circulated by the National society

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Il Piccola Corriere D’Italia

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10
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How many copies of Il Piccola Corriere D’Italia were circulating by the late 1850’s

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4,000

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What was the means through which the national society promoted nationalism

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Pamphlets/ newspapers/ posters/ “modern” methods of persuasion/ handed pamphlets out publicly

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What were the national society’s pamphlets printed in batches of

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Bathes of 3000+ and distributed

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13
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Who said that “through their publishing activities, the national society played a crucial part in creating a common nationalistic outlook amongst its members”

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Lucy Rial in her Bibliography of Garabaldi (2007)

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14
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What influence did the national society have on the middle class

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Made concept of nationalism respectable and fashionable

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15
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Why did the national society also appeal to mazzinians

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Were even prepared to rally behind the Piedmontese monarchy as a means of promoting an Italian nation state

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16
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Why was the national society a turning point for nationalism

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New nationalism/before this it had been for a unified state and now this pushed for just northern

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17
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Why did Napoleon take up the nationalistic cause

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Draw diplomatic profit/ further dynastic ambitions/ replace Austrian dominance/ French imperialist/ gain client state

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18
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What did elections in May 1857 show in France

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Napoleon was becoming increasingly unpopular

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19
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What is the critical view of why Napoleon got involved in Italy

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Felt he could gain support back home through successful foreign policy in Italy

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20
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What was napoleons view of a unified Italy

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Federation with the pope at its head

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21
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How was the congress of Paris significant for relations between France and Italy

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Dialogue was maintained through intermediates Napoleons nephew (Jerome) and Cavours assistant/ Napoleon grateful for Piedmont help in Crimea/ built close working relationship

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22
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When was the congress of Paris

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1856

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23
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What shows that Napoleon showed enthusiasm for the romantic notion of Italy Liberty

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He supported the Rome uprising in 1831

24
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When was the Orsini affair

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14th January 1858

25
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What was the Orsini affair

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4 Italians attempt to assassinate Napoleon on the way to the opera

26
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What did Orsini write in his prison letter that is said to have “sparked Napoleons consciousness into action”

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“25 million citizens would follow him to prosperity”

27
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How many people were killed and injured in the Orsini affair

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Injured 50 and killed several

28
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What is the assumption that Napoleon used the Orsini affair for

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A romantic cover for furthering his ambitions

29
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When was Plombiers

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1858

30
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What were the terms at plombieres

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Kingdom of upper Italy/ central Italy/ Rome under pope and leads Italian confederacy/ Napoleon gets Nice and Savoy for 200,000/ Naples untouched/ Jerome marries princess Clotilde

31
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Why did Napoleon want to leave Naples alone at Plombieres

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Not anger bourbons who were allied to Russia

32
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What was the name of VE daughter

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Princess Clotilde

33
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What did Plombieres show about Cavour’s nationalism

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He was obviously not a nationalist in terms of a unified peninsula

34
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How did Plombieres show Cavour as an opportunist

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Willing to compromise to achieve northern liberty/ major diplomatic achievement for Cavour

35
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What did Harry Hearder say

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The creative mind behind the decisions reached at Plombiers as Cavours rather than Napoleons

36
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What had Cavour learnt from 1848-1849

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Piedmont could not dominate the northern without foreigners help to expel the Austrians

37
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Why was giving away Nice harder to justify than giving away Savoy

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Savoy- most spoke French

Nice- Italian dialect so Cavour was aware of the reaction nationalists would have

38
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When did Piedmont mobilize troops on Austrian boarder

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March 1859

39
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When did the Austrian foreign minister announce Piedmont had 3 days to demobilize troops

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23rd April 1859

40
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When did Austria declare war on Piedmont and invade

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29th April 1859

41
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How many troops had Cavour promised to match Napoleons 200,000 with

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100,000

42
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What was the final number of the Piedmontese army

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60,000

43
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Why did Piedmont have a lack of troops

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Reserves Cavour had hoped to mobilize did not exist

44
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How did war stir unrest in the Duchies

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In May, the National society engineered revolutions in Tuscany, Parma and Modena. Rulers fled and provisional governments set up

45
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Who manipulated the uprisings in the central duchies in 1859

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National society

46
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When was there a popular demonstration and provisional gov set up in Florence

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April 1859

47
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Who created the provisional government in Florence April 1859

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Baron Bettino Ricasoli

48
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What did Ricasoli in Florence ask Piedmont for

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Union

49
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What happened in June 1859

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Insurrection in the papal states

50
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How did the national society show some conservatism in Bolgena

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Piedmontese commissioners moved into restore the government after insurrection/ commissioners were members of NS

51
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war with northern Italy was unpopular among European powers/ what did Prussia and Britain think

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Prussia- sympathetic to Austria

Britain- PM and foreign secretary didn’t want war despite being sympathetic

52
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Why were the British wary of the war with Austria and Italy being allied to France

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Austrian domination would just be replaced with French

53
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When was Victor Emmanuelas speech

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12th December 1858

54
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What did VE say in his speech

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The threat “for while we respect treaties we are not insensitive to the cry of grief that reaches us from so many parts of Italy”

55
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How did VE speech encourage nationalsim

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Used the word Italy