Italy

Cards (25)

  • Unification begins in 1860.
  • The Italian Unification movement was also known as risorgimento.
  • King Umberto I was assassinated by anarchists due to the death of protestors on the 29th June 1900.
  • Giolitti became prime minister in 1903.
  • PSI formed in 1882.
  • PSI achieved 216000 votes in the 1900 elections.
  • Trasformiso = the use of bribes and manipulation to achieve political goals.
  • Irredente = ideology of unifying Italian speaking lands.
  • Risorgimento = unifying Italy and the people.
  • Campanilismo = ideology of region, city and town over the idea of nation.
  • The leader of the PSI was Filippo Turati.
  • The Roman question = the issue of Catholics voting in Italian election due to the Church's influence.
  • Giolitti introduced the Franchise extension in 1911.
  • Neutrality is declared on the 3rd August 1914.
  • Triple alliance = signed in 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
  • Battle of Adwa = March 1896, 5000 killed in action.
  • Invasion of Libya = 29th September 1911.
  • Salandra was the leader after Giolitti.
  • Salandra and Foreign Minister Sidney Sonnino start secret negotiations with both the alliance and the entente in 1915.
  • The treaty of London was signed on April 26th 1915.
  • 250000 members of socialist unions in 1918 and 2 million by 1920.
  • On the 23rd March 1919, Mussolini summoned ex-servicemen to form the Fasci Di Combattimento.
  • Trincerocrazia = soldiers linked by war consciousness.
  • Squadrismo = fascists formed themselves into small, military units.
  • In the beginning of 1921, 200 people were killed and 1000 wounded as a result of fascist violence against the socialists.