Unification of Italy World History Page 597-598
Europe 1850
Italian Unification 1850, Austria still dominant power. People looked to northern Italian state of Piedmont to lead the fight for unification King of Piedmont (Camillo di Cavour) made an alliance with French emperor (Louis-Napoleon)
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Italian Unification Conflict in Piedmont caused other nationalists to overthrow their governments and join with Piedmont
Southern Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi Raised an army of 1,000 volunteers Revolts broke out in Sicily and took control of the Island Marched to Naples and took it over
Garibaldi Turned his conquests over to Piedmont and by 1870 Italy becomes united making Rome its capital
Italy in the 1920s Between 1919 and 1939 all major countries of Europe except France and Great Britain had adopted some form of dictatorial gov’t
Fascism in Italy (Benito Mussolini) Established the first European Fascist government Fascism Italy suffered economic problems post WWI Feared Communist takeover at in Russia Formed group of Fascists called Blackshirts
Mussolini and Black Shirts
Prime Minister 1922 (Il Duce) Mussolini as had enough followers so that Italian king made him Prime Minister Fascist Dictatorship Police given authority to arrest anyone
Mussolini and Hitler