Topic questions Depth studies The unification of Italy
30 questions · 600 marks · about 12 hours
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the reasons for the failure of the 1848–49 revolutions in Italy?
Explain your answer using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
3 ‘ In the years 1849–56, Piedmont developed into a politically stable and economically prosperous state.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1856–70, the process of Italian unification was almost wholly dependent on the role of France?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate Cavour’s response to Garibaldi’s expedition to the south in 1860?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
3 ‘In the years 1830–58, Italian liberals and nationalists had as much success as they had failure.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
4 ‘ In the years 1861–70, internal factors were a greater obstacle to the consolidation of the Kingdom of Italy than were external factors.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the role of Cavour in the months before his appointment as Prime Minister of Piedmont in November 1852?
Explain your answer using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
How far do you agree that there was little significant challenge to the restored order in Italy in the years c1830–47?
4 ‘ The unification process in the north of Italy in the years 1859-60 was very similar to the unification process that took place in the south of Italy in the years 1860–61.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the reasons why there was little progress in challenging the restored order in Italy in the years 1830–47?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
How far do you agree that Piedmont was in a better position to lead Italy towards unification in 1858 than it had been in 1848?
How accurate is it to say that it was mainly the actions of Italians themselves that shaped Italian unification in the years 1858–70?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the impact of the creation of the Kingdom of Italy (1861) on southern Italy?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
3 ‘The 1848–49 revolutions in Italy resulted in complete failure.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
4 ‘ Cavour had only a limited influence over the process of Italian Unification in the years 1856–61.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the reasons for the failure of the First Italian War of Independence?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the reasons for the failure of the First Italian War of Independence?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
3 ‘In the years 1849–70, Victor Emmanuel II played a symbolic role, rather than a leading role, in the process of Italian Unification.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
3 ‘In the years 1849–70, Victor Emmanuel II played a symbolic role, rather than a leading role, in the process of Italian Unification.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
4 ‘In the years 1862–70, the obstacles to Italian unity that remained after the creation of the Kingdom of Italy were mainly overcome.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
4 ‘In the years 1862–70, the obstacles to Italian unity that remained after the creation of the Kingdom of Italy were mainly overcome.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the nature of Piedmont’s annexation of the central Italian state of Tuscany?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
How far do you agree that the main reason for the failure of both the 1830-32 and 1848-49 revolutions in Italy was a lack of popular support?
How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1848-67, Garibaldi was more often a failure than a success in his attempts to unify Italy?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the causes of the revolutions in Italy in 1848?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
3 ‘The Roman Republic was so short-lived because of a lack of strong leadership.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
How far do you agree that the process of Italian unification, in the years 1859-70, resulted in the creation of an enlarged Piedmont rather than a unified Italy?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the role of the Papacy as an obstacle to Italian unity in the years 1861–70?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
How far do you agree that Mazzini and his nationalist supporters achieved very little in the years 1830–56?
4 ‘Cavour was the driving force behind the events leading to the outbreak of the Second Italian War of Independence (1859).’
How far do you agree with this statement?
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