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=Italian Unification Essential Questions=


 * 1) Why did a united Italy make sense to those who favored unification? A united ltaly made sense to those who favored unification because of geography, common language and history.
 * 2) What were the obstacles in the way of Italian unification, and why might these obstacles make unification difficult?
 * 3) What steps did the Italian leaders take to unify, or ignite nationalist feelings, in the people?
 * 4) What military steps were taken in order to free Italian people from oppressive rule?
 * 5) What nationalist groups were formed and created in order to strengthen the unification movement?
 * 6) What challenges did a united Italy face when they finally were brought together as a nation-state?
 * 7) What role did Napoleon play in the Unification of Italy?
 * 8) Explain the viewpoint of the liberals and the conservatives with regards to Italian Unification.

__**Liberals:**__ The liberals reformed the economy. Improved agriculture, had railroads built and encourage commerce by supporting free trade. Also to end Austrain power in ltaly

Socialists organized strikes anarchists, people who want to abolish all goverment, turned to sabotage and violence. The govermment extended suffrage to more men and passed laws to improve social conditions.
 * __Conservatives__****__:__**

How does Nationalism unify the people of the Italian States? Industries urbanization as peasants went to cities to find jobs in factories. They also improved education and working conditions.
 * 9. How does Nationalism unify the people of the Italian States? (You may see this questions again as an essay)

-Italy had been a battleground for ambitious, foriegn and local princes 2. The congress of vienna however ignored the nationalist who hoped to end centuries of foriegn rule and achieve unity. Like the german empire that bismark cemented together out of many states. Italy was also a constitutional maonarchy with a two house legislature. 3.According to prince matterich of austria the idea of a unified italy was a joke. Mazzini was the founder of a unified italy in the 1830's. The goal of the secret society was to constitue italy.And in 1849 mazzini helped set up a revolutionary republic in rome. But later after that the french took it over. Mazzini then spent most of his life in exile. 4. In response, nationalist organized secret patriotic societies and focused their efforts on expelling austrian forces from northern italy. And attention shifted to the kingdom of two sicilies in southern italy. Garibaldi recruited a force of 1000 red shirt volunteers.Carvour provided the weapons. and allowed ships to take gribaldi and the red shirts to southern italy. Gribaldi won the control of sicily and marched proudly to naples. 5.In the 1830's the nationalist leader giussspe mazzini founded young italy 6.In 1849 mazzini helped set up a revolutionary republic in Rome. 7.Like many other nationalist mazzini spent much of his life in exile -After 1848, leadership of the risogimento or italian nationalist movement -In 1855 sardinia led by cavour joined britain and france against russia -In 1858 cavour negotiated a secret deal with neopalitian who promised aid to sardinnia -After that attention shifted to the kingdom