Book 3: 1860 Garibaldi And The South

Question 1

What was garibaldis red shirt volunteer army called?

Answer 1

The Garibaldini

Question 2

Who did garibaldi meet in France who influenced his political ideas?

Answer 2

Mazzini, ideas of republicanism

Question 3

Where did garibaldi learn his guerrilla warfare?

Answer 3

Part of the rebel army during a Uruguay vs Argentina in the ‘Great War/Civil War’ in 1839/40s

Question 4

Who did garibaldi offer his services to in 1848?

Answer 4

Charles Albert, despite being a republican, however he was refused

Question 5

Who did garibaldi help against the French in the 1848/9 revolutions?

Answer 5

The Roman republic

Question 6

What did garibaldi offer his men if they followed his escape following the collapse of the Roman republic?

Answer 6

‘Hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death’

Question 7

When did Cavour invite garibaldi to discuss plans for war with Austria?

Answer 7

1859

Question 8

Why was garibaldi betrayed by the treaty of villafranca post 1859?

Answer 8

His hometown of Nice was given to the French

Question 9

Who convinced garibaldi to support a young Italy uprising in Sicily?

Answer 9

Mazzini

Question 10

When was the young Italy uprising in Sicily?

Answer 10

May 1860

Question 11

What was garibaldis volunteer army called?

Answer 11

The thousand

Question 12

How many volunteers did garibaldi have to support Sicily with?

Answer 12

1,200

Question 13

Why was Cavour reluctant to support garibaldi?

Answer 13

Didn’t want to upset the French and couldn’t see the advantage of unifying with the poor south

Question 14

How did garibaldi defeat the Neapolitan army in Sicily?

Answer 14

Growing local support (volunteers had amassed to over 3,000 in Palermo), helped by local mafia

Question 15

What was Cavour’s attitude to garibaldi?

Answer 15

Wanted him arrested, didn’t like the south, refused garibaldis call to arms, comforted that he would be killed during fighting, supported some peasant revolts in Sicily as garibaldi wanted to stabilise Sicily so he could invade the mainland

Question 16

When did garibaldi take Naples?

Answer 16

September 1860

Question 17

What did garibaldi declare himself after taking Naples?

Answer 17

Self-appointed dictator

Question 18

What did garibaldi promise in the south?

Answer 18

Land redistribution, removal of military tax, Piedmontese law

Question 19

What shows garibaldi to take Rome for Italy?

Answer 19

‘Rome or death’

Question 20

How many men did garibaldi have to March to the Papal States with?

Answer 20

60,000

Question 21

Who intercepted Garibaldi at the encounter of Teano in October 1860?

Answer 21

Cavour and VE II and Piedmontese army, Garibaldi agreed to terms

Question 22

What did the encounter of Teano in October 1860 do?

Answer 22

Gave the south to Piedmont, unified it, garibaldi left

Question 23

What was Victor Emmanuel crowned as?

Answer 23

First King of Italy

Question 24

How did Cavour justify annexing the south?

Answer 24

Use of Plebiscites

Question 25

What did garibaldi do after Teano?

Answer 25

Retired ro Caprea and was disappointed with Italy as they had not got Rome

Question 26

What two states where missing from Italian unification by 1860?

Answer 26

Only Venetia and Rome

Question 27

What was the alpine campaign?

Answer 27

Northern campaign were garibaldi fought in the second war of independence in febuary 1859

Question 28

What was his 3,000 volunteers in the north called and where did they fight?

Answer 28

Alpine hunters, Como