WH2.7D What Caused Italian Unification? VIDEO

What was Italy like politically before it became one country in the 1800s?

• It was a unified kingdom under a single monarch.

• It was a collection of diverse, independent states.

• It was entirely controlled by the French Empire.

• It was a single republic with a shared language and culture.

How did Napoleon’s control of Italy change the way the Italian states were ruled and organized?

• It led to increased fragmentation and division among Italian states.

• It introduced a period of greater unity and facilitated internal trade.

• It resulted in the complete suppression of all Italian cultural identities.

• It established a feudal system that hindered economic progress.

What was one major result of the Congress of Vienna (1814-15) for the Italian peninsula?

• It established a unified Italian kingdom under Austrian rule.

• It restored many pre-French Revolution states and placed much of northern Italy under Austrian influence.

• It granted full independence to all Italian states.

• It created a new Italian republic led by the Pope.

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What was the main goal or focus of the 1848 revolutions in Italy, also called the Risorgimento?

• They were a series of successful, unified military campaigns against foreign powers.

• They were largely peaceful protests advocating for economic reforms.

• They involved widespread liberal and nationalist revolts, but most ultimately failed due to internal divisions and foreign intervention.

• They resulted in the immediate establishment of a fully unified and independent Italian republic.

Which political belief or movement was the most successful in bringing all of Italy together as one country?

• Mazzinian Republicanism

• Neo-Guelphism

• Liberal Reformism

• Piedmontese Conquest

What big European war did Piedmont-Sardinia join to win support from a strong ally for Italy’s unification?

• Franco-Prussian War

• Crimean War

• Austro-Prussian War

• War of the Spanish Succession

What was the name of the secret agreement between France and Piedmont-Sardinia in 1858 that formed a military alliance against Austria?

• Treaty of Paris

• Congress of Vienna

• Plombières Agreement

• Pact of Steel

Who led the "Expedition of the 1,000" to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies?

• Count of Cavour

• Victor Emmanuel II

• Giuseppe Garibaldi

• Louis Napoleon