Liberal State - Growing instability Flashcards
Why didn’t the Libyan War help Giolitti to ‘absorb’ the nationalists?
It increased support for the ANI but also accentuated their opposition to the liberal government. Nationalists took credit for the war
Why did nationalists take credit for the Libyan War?
They claimed that Giolitti only launched it under pressure from their movement and denounced liberals blaming weakness and their lack of patriotism as the reasons why so many men were lost fighting
Why did the Libyan War destroy Giolitti’s cooperation with the PSI?
The PSI opposed war as imperialist militarism and radical socialists expelled members who had supported the war such as Bissolati
What did the revolutionary wing of the PSI do after the Libyan war?
Seized control and rejected further cooperation with Giolitti and isolated moderate members of the PSI
Who was appointed editor of the socialist newspaper Avanti!?
Benito Mussolini
What did the socialist newspaper Avanti! focus on?
The corrupt liberal order and Militarists who had murdered workers in Libya and Italy.
How did Giolitti’s attempt at absorbing the socialists into the liberal state end?
In failure
Who was the vote restricted to before 1911?
Literate men over the age of 21
Why did Giolitti change suffrage?
It was difficult to deny the vote to Italy’s conscript soldiers who were fighting in Libya, many of them who were not literate enough
What did the new law passed in 1912 change in regards to suffrage?
The vote was extended to all men who had completed military service and all men over 30, regardless of literacy
What percentage of voters were potentially illiterate in 1912?
70%
What did Giolitti hope that increased suffrage would promote?
Greater national unity, Increase the popularity of the liberals and strengthen the vote in rural areas (tended to be more conservative), undermine the PSI
Why did Giolitti hope increased suffrage would undermine the PSI?
with greater electoral representation, the working class would be less inclined to support more radical ideologies
[Gap fill] The first elections under new suffrage took place in ____ and demonstrated the overall ______ of Giolitti’s ______.
The first elections under new suffrage took place in 1913 and demonstrated the overall failure of Giolitti’s strategy.
How many seats did Liberal deputies win in the 1913 elections?
318 seats, a loss of 71 since the 1909 election
