Italy mock stats + facts

Question 1

international trade 1913 increased by

Answer 1

6 X

Question 2

1895-1915 GDP increased by

Answer 2

31 billion lira

Question 3

1913 elections liberal seats in Parliament drop from…to

Answer 3

370 - 318

Question 4

1912 extension of franchise (how much did electorate increase by?)

Answer 4

3 - 8 million

Question 5

Treaty of London land promised

Answer 5

irredente lands of South Tyrol, Trentino, Istria, part of Dalmatia, and share in Turkish and german colonies

Question 6

Battle of Caporetto 1917

Answer 6

Italians pushed back 100 miles

Question 7

Biennio Rosso trade unions membership increase

Answer 7

250K to 2 million

Question 8

Giolitti reforms during Bienno Rosso

Answer 8

8 hr working day
legalising some land occupation
bread subsidies

Question 9

1919 Proportional Representation election results

Answer 9

liberals only gain 181 seats
PSI gain 156 seats (largest party)

Question 11

1921 election results

Answer 11

fascists gain 7%

Question 12

1921 ‘New Programme’

Answer 12

compulsory military service,
tax proportional to income,
privatisation of nationalised industries

Question 13

1922 General strike

Answer 13

lasts 24 hrs as left couldn’t resist fascist violence

Question 14

1923 Corfu successes

Answer 14

Mussolini received 50 million lira he demanded

Question 15

Acerbo law passed by

Answer 15

303 votes to 40

Question 16

1924 Treaty of Rome

Answer 16

Italy receive Fiume

Question 17

1924 election results

Answer 17

Fascists gain 66% of the vote

Question 18

Rossi Memorandum 1924

Answer 18

Fascists demanded Mussolini to embrace authoritarian ideas or face replacement

Question 19

ONB (fascist youth group) membership

Answer 19

7 million by 1937, cumpolsory for those over 8 by 1932

Question 20

OND membership

Answer 20

reached 4 million

Question 21

1926 Battle of the Lira

Answer 21

revalue the Lira at 92 to the pound instead of 150

Question 22

Lateran Pacts

Answer 22

1929

Question 23

1929 Depression weaknesses

Answer 23

unemployment rose to almost 2 million

Question 24

1929 Depression successes

Answer 24

5,000 KM of railway electrified, company shares supported by IRI

Question 25

pacification of Libya

Answer 25

1931

Question 26

1935 invasion of Abyssinia

Answer 26

500K Abyssinians dead, 250K Italians had to stay and fight, lira had to be devalued by 40%

Question 27

Battle of Gudalajara 1937 cost

Answer 27

14 billion lira

Question 28

invasion of Greece 1940

Answer 28

took 0.5 million Italian troops

Question 29

1940 Battle of Taranto

Answer 29

British destroy over half Italian fleet

Question 30

1941 retreat in North Africa

Answer 30

Italians advanced 60 miles into Egypt before halting, British capture 380K Italians by mid 1941

Question 31

Stalingrad 1943

Answer 31

over 200K Italians sent to USSR and wiped out

Question 32

WW1 casualties

Answer 32

650K + 1 million wounded

Question 33

WW1 economic impact

Answer 33

wages fall by 25%, value of lira falls by 25%, inflation 4x, trade union membership increase 8X

Question 34

PSI growth after WW1

Answer 34

50K to 200K, gain 31% votes

Question 35

rule by decree passed

Answer 35

Nov 1922

Question 36

1922-26 people killed by Fascist regime

Answer 36

400, compared to 4K

Question 37

Battle of the Births

Answer 37

birth rate decreased from 147/1k to 112/1K