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1
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1896-1912 profits in new industry, increase or decrease? By what?

A

10.5% increase

2
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Proportion of agricultural workers who migrate away from rural areas

A

6%

3
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Reason for migration of rural workers

A

mechanisation e.g Po Valley

4
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Italians were getting richer by what % p/a

A

2%

5
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In what years did public investment (e.g hydroelectric / irrigation) increase by 50%

A

1900-07

6
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1896-1912 increase in industrial workers wages

A

40%

7
Q

increase in industrial workers wages decreased the appeal of …

A

marxist appeal

8
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What was created in the north due to mechanisation?

A

wealthy agar

9
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What was a driver for the creation of an urban middle class

A

free primary education

10
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What happened to agricultural wages? What did this increase?

A

barely moved

north south divide increased

11
Q

What was funding in the south invested into?

A

irrigation schemes

combating malaria

12
Q

What statistic shows poverty in the south?

A

0.01% of Sicily’s population owns 50% of the land

13
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From when did the Pope allow Catholics to participate in politics

A

1909

14
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When was Giolittis electoral reform?

A

1911

15
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What did Giolittis electoral reform do?

A

X3 electorate to 8.5million

16
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What were the conditions for voting after Giolittis 1911 electoral reform?

A

all over 30

all literate over 21

17
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What was the nationalists call for unredeemed lands

A

terre irredente

18
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When was the nationalist voice extremely high in early Italy?

A

after defeat at Adowa

19
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Name of the Nationalists paper

A

L’Idea Nationale

20
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What X4 work policies did Giolitti introduce?

A
  • child labour ban
  • women hours reduced
  • rest day
  • maternity fund
21
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When was the rest day introduced?

A

1907

22
Q

Name X2 positives that would come about via strong foreign policy

A
  • resources

- tackle emigration

23
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When was the Italian defeat at Adowa?

A

1896

24
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Italian lives lost at Adowa

A

7000

25
Q

What did the defeat at Adowa mean for the PM? Who was the PM?

A

prompted PM Crispi’s resignation

26
Q

When was Giolittis Libya campaign

A

1911

27
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What parts of Libya were captured

A

coastal regions only

28
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Why was the Libya campaign introduced

A

attempt to appease conservative Liberals and nationalists

29
Q

Church’s position on Libyan war

A

condemned violent imperialism

30
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How was recruitment into Italian army done?

A

via conscription

31
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What was a criticism of Giolitti’s Libyan campaign

A

very £££

32
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What did Giolitti promise in the case of strikes

A

neutrality within state agencies

33
Q

How many immigrants from 1870s-1915

A

5mil

34
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What was the name of the pact between Catholics and Mussolini?

A

Il Pactto Gentilloni

35
Q

When was the pact between Catholics and Mussolini in place?

A

during 1913 election