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21 Cards in this Set
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What was the Italian state which was responsible for bringing Italy together in the latter half of the 19th century?
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Piedmont-Sardinia, also called Piedmont.
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What was the single most important result the Revolutions of 1848 for Italy?
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Piedmont got itself a Constitution, retained its independence and came to be looked at as the focal point for later unification(in italy)
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Who was the first king of piedmont and was interested in the Italian and Piedmontese progress adn eventual unification of Italy
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King Victor Emmanuel II
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Who was appointed in 1852 by King Victor Emmanuel II to prime minister?
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Count Camilio di Cavour
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Who was referred as the "Bismarck of the South" and turned Piedmont into the "Prussia of the South"?
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Count Camilio di Cavour.
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Who was most responsible for the national unity of Italy?
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Count Camilio di Cavour.
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What were Cavour's main techniques?
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Industrialization and allying with stronger countries.
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Who did Couvour ally with in 1854 during the Crimean War?
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England and France
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What was Italy, England and France trying to do in the Crimean War
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They were trying to keep Russia out of Turkey.
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Who did Cavour call in 1859 for help to get Austria out of Northern Italy?
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Louis Napoleon's France
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Why did France chicken out from beating Austria again and getting Venetia?
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France was afraid of the potential threat of a united Italy and that Prussia might attack France in order to defend fellow Germans in Austria and to gaurd the growing French power.
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What central Italian states were inspired by what Cavour achieved that they arose in a united rebellion, kicking out Austra from much of Central Italy?
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Parma, Modena and Tuscany.
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What did piedmont aquire in 1861?
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The Papal States.
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Who held onto rome and continued to hate the idea of Italian unity?
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The pope.
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What patriot from the South of Italy became prominent in 1861?
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Giuseppe Garibaldi.
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What did Garibaldi conquer before he united with Cavour?
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The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
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Who became the leader of the new kingdom of Italy created by Garibaldi and Cabour?
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King Victor Emmanuel of Piedmont.
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What did Italy do in 1866 to get Venetia?
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They joined Prussia in the latter's Seven Weeks War and defeated Austria.
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What lands still existed in dispute between Austria and Italy?
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The Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic sea.
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What type of government was in place?
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It had a king witha two-house Assembly: a senate and a Chamber of Deputies just like France. It also had a prime minister (aka premier).
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What element of the government was delayed until 1912
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Universal Manhood suffrage.
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