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The Unification of Italy

The Unification of Italy . HWH UNIT 7 CHAPTER 10.3. The Kingdom of Sardinia. The Main Characters. Count Cavour (The “ Mind ” ) Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia Believed in Realpolitik Much like Bismarck Will be the architect of Italian unification. The Main Characters.

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The Unification of Italy

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  1. The Unification of Italy HWH UNIT 7 CHAPTER 10.3

  2. The Kingdom of Sardinia

  3. The Main Characters • Count Cavour(The “Mind”) • Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia • Believed in Realpolitik • Much like Bismarck • Will be the architect of Italian unification

  4. The Main Characters • Giuseppe Mazzini(The “Soul”) • Involved in nationalist uprisings in 1830 and 1848 • “Young Italy” • Nationalist organization

  5. The Main Characters • Giuseppe Garibaldi(The “Sword”) • An 1848 Republican • Led an army of 1,000 “Red Shirts” • Unified the south of Italy

  6. The Main Characters • King Victor Emmanuel II • King of Sardinia • Will become the first king of a unified Italy

  7. Steps Toward Unification • War with Austria, 1859 • Napoleon III helps Cavour take Northern Italy (Lombardy)

  8. Steps Toward Unification • Garibaldi Marches “up the boot” (1860) • Unifies southern and central Italy

  9. Steps Toward Unification • More War with Austria, 1866 • Prussia helps Italy take Venetia from Austria • Papal States do not join • Pope Pius IX opposed Italian unification

  10. Steps Toward Unification • Kingdom of Italy, 1870 • Papal states join after French withdraw support • Vatican continues to oppose the Italian state until 1929

  11. Problems in Unified Italy • North/South divide • North: Industrial • South: Agrarian • Catholic Opposition • Pope urges Catholics not to support the new nation • Anarchism and Radicalism • Italy had limited suffrage • Constitutional Monarchy • Population Explosion • Emigration to the US

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