Booklet 4

Question 1

FP

What was the September convention and what did it do?

Answer 1

1864

Napolean agreed to leave Rome in return for Florence being made the Capital

Question 2

FP

How many people died rioting over the change of Capital?

Answer 2

23

Question 3

FP

What did Cavour try and do to get Venitia and what was the outcome?

Answer 3

Encouraged a Hungarian uprising

Question 4

FP

When did Prussia make the free trade agreement with France that weakened Austria?

Answer 4

1862

Question 5

Piedmontisation

How many Naples decrees changed in how long? When?

Answer 5

53 decrees in 2 days

Feb 1861

Question 6

Piedmontisation

How many monasteries dissolved to finance education?

Answer 6

2382

Question 7

Piedmontisation

Where never got its own legal system despite being promised one? Who was to blame?

Answer 7

Lombardy
La Mamora

Question 8

Piedmontisation

Who retained control in what area?

Answer 8

Ricasoli in Tuscany

Question 9

Socio-economics

How much debt by 1861?

Answer 9

2.45 billion lire (Had doubled in 4 years)

Question 10

Socio-economics?

When was the Flour Tax introduced?

Answer 10

1865

Question 11

Socio-economics

By 1860, what proportion of Italian bonds were in Foreign hands?

Answer 11

1/3

Question 12

Socio-economic problems

When was the Grist Tax introduced? How many died and were wounded protesting this?

Answer 12

1868
250 dead, 1000 wounded

Question 13

Socio-econimics

When was 9 million acres of Church land sold in 9 years?

Answer 13

1867

Question 14

Socio-economics

How many people were employed in Italy? What percentage of this was women and children?

Answer 14

3 million employed
80% women and children

Question 15

Political weakness

When did Cavour die?

Answer 15

June 1861 of Malaria

Question 16

Political weakness

How many PMs in how many years? Name them?

Answer 16

5 in 5 years

Riccasoli, Rattazi, Farini, Minghetti and La Mamora

Question 17

Political weakness

Which PM attacked Garibaldi after the creation of the Society for the Emancipation of Rome? When?

Answer 17

Rattazi
1862

Question 18

Political weakness

What did Mazzini describe the new Italy as?

Answer 18

“A sham”

Question 19

Political weakness

How many people elected the all male parliament?

Answer 19

2% of the population

Question 20

The Papacy

How much of Papal land was lost because of Cavour?

Answer 20

2/3

Question 21

The Papacy

Which two people threatened the Church’s power?

Answer 21

Darwin and Renan (Both caused people to question the will of the Church)

Question 22

The Papacy

When was the Syallabus of Errors?

Answer 22

1864

Question 23

The Papacy

When was the Dogma of Papal Infallibility?

Answer 23

1870

Question 24

The Papacy

When did the Pope declare himself a prisoner in the Vatican?

Answer 24

1870

Question 25

The south When was the Casati Laws introduced? What consequences did this have in the South?

Answer 25

1859 - It centralised education based on the French system No education was recieved in the south

Question 26

The south When was Farini ordered to crush the Bourbon uprising? By who?

Answer 26

October 1860 By Cavour

Question 27

The south When was conscription introduced? How many fled?

Answer 27

1861 25,000 men

Question 28

The south How many soldiers had Piedmont deployed by 1862 to deal with the Brigands?

Answer 28

120,000 soldiers to deal with 82,000 Brigands

Question 29

The south By 1863, how many troops were engaged in peace keeping with the Brigands?

Answer 29

90,000

Question 30

The south What percent of children didn't reach their 1st birthday in the South?

Answer 30

22.7%

Question 31

The south What event caused a dual economy to form in Italy?

Answer 31

The opening of the Mount Cennis Tunnel in 1871 - Trade could happen in the north, but not in the south (Sardinia and Sicily never recieved railways)

Question 32

Explain how the Civil Service ran? (3)

Answer 32

Run by 30,000 bureaucrats Gave jobs to Veterans of War Created a centralised Gov

Question 33

How did Local Governments run? (4)

Answer 33

- Divided into 69 provinces each with a prefect. - Carabinieri were military police - 18,000 Local police - 8382 Communi ran by mayors

Question 34

What did VE symbolise?

Answer 34

Stability

Question 35

What did VE need to pass new laws?

Answer 35

Parliamentary approval and a ministers signiture

Question 36

How much of all expenditure spent on the Army?

Answer 36

1/4

Question 37

How many soldiers in the Army?

Answer 37

215,000

Question 38

How many soldiers in reserve?

Answer 38

2 million

Question 39

Who agreed to keep French troops in Rome once Italy had been unified?

Answer 39

The French Chamber of Deputies and Senate

Question 40

How many troops was the Pope allowed? When did France agree to leave rome by if this was allowed?

Answer 40

10,000 troops 2 years

Question 41

When did the Government move to Tuscany?

Answer 41

1865

Question 42

When did the French leave Rome for the first time?

Answer 42

1866

Question 43

When did Garibaldi leave Caprera to march on Rome? How many men?

Answer 43

1862 4000

Question 44

Where was Garibaldi stopped in his attempt to take Rome?

Answer 44

Aspromonte - Shot in foot

Question 45

When was Florence proclaimed capital?

Answer 45

April 1865

Question 46

When did Garibaldi form the Italian Freedom Association?

Answer 46

December 1861

Question 47

When was the Sleischwig-Hollstein affair? What did it do?

Answer 47

1866 Conflict between Prussia and Austria

Question 48

When did General Govire make a millitary agreement with Prussia? What did it say?

Answer 48

April 1866 If Italy helped in a war, they would recieve Venita

Question 49

When did Italy declare war on Austria?

Answer 49

20th June 1866 (4 days after Prussia)

Question 50

How many men did Italy have vs Austria in 1866?

Answer 50

250,000 vs 130,000

Question 51

What percentage of Italian troops reached the battlefront?

Answer 51

25%

Question 52

When did Italian troops fail at Custozza?

Answer 52

24th June 1866

Question 53

What happened at the Battle of Lissa?

Answer 53

Persano's fleet were destroyed and 3 ironclad ships were lost (out of 12) 1450 shots fired and all missed

Question 54

Where did Garibaldi win during the 1866 war?

Answer 54

Bezzecca

Question 55

When did Bismark sign the armistice with Austria?

Answer 55

July 26th 1866 (Peace of Prague)

Question 56

Why was Venitia given to France?

Answer 56

Because they agreed to remain neutral - given to Italy In Oct 1866 (Treaty of Vienna)

Question 57

What was the result of the Venice plebiscite?

Answer 57

650,000 to 69 votes for 'yes'

Question 58

When did France seek an anti-Prussian alliance with Italy? What did this lead to?

Answer 58

May 1870 France withdrew their troops in Rome to fight Prussia

Question 59

Which PM gained the approval to take Rome? Where did he gain approval from?

Answer 59

Lanza Spain, Austria, Parts of Germany

Question 60

When did the Italian army reach the Papal frontier? Who led them?

Answer 60

11th September 1870 Cadorna

Question 61

How many Italian soldiers and Papal soldiers died when Italy claimed Rome?

Answer 61

49 Italians 19 Papal soldiers

Question 62

When was the Law of Guarentees? How much did it give the Pope per annum?

Answer 62

May 1871 £129,000

Question 63

When was Rome declared capital?

Answer 63

July 1871

Question 64

Who was a high profile Irredentist? What did he do?

Answer 64

Bersanti Attacked army barracks near rome in March 1870 - he was sentenced to death despite 40,000 signitures calling for his release