The Unification of Italy
Origins of Italian Nationalism
• Napoleon’s
conquests again
resulted in Italian
nationalism
• The Congress of
Vienna did not
address their
desire for a single
German state
Reasons for Unification
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Shared geography
Common language
Shared Traditions
Economic (Trade)
Reasons
The Three People
Most Responsible for
the unification of
Italy…
The Soul
Giuseppe
Mazzini
The Brain
Count Camillo Cavour
– Appointed Prime Minister of
Piedmont-Sardinia by King
Victor Emmanuel II
– Attacked Austria to reclaim
northern Italian land
Piedmont-Sardinia…seriously???
The Sword
Giuseppe Garibaldi
“Hero of Two
Worlds”
Leader of the Red
A Unified Italy
The Italian
Government - 1870
King Victor Emmanuel II
Upper House
Appointed by King
Could veto lower house
Lower House
Elected Representatives
Only small % of men could vote
New Problems
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North v. South
Church v. State
Socialists
Anarchists
Progress
Economic Success:
• Industrialization
• Urbanization
• Social Reforms
• Emigration to U.S.,
Canada, and Latin
American countries
Review
• What state led the way towards
Italian unification?
• Who was the Prime Minister who
led the drive towards unification?
• Who organized the Red Shirts and
conquered land in the South of
Italy?
• How and why was Italy divided
after unification?
What’s the meaning of
this cartoon?
Food for thought
"It will be maccheroni, I
swear to you, that will
unite Italy."
- Giuseppe Garibaldi, on
liberating Naples in 1860
Germany
When was it finally
united?
What state led the
way?
Prime Minister?
King/Kaiser
Origins of
nationalism
Who opposed
unification?
Italy
Germany
Italy
When was it finally 1871
united?
What state led the Prussia
way?
1870
Prime Minister?
Bismarck
Cavour
King/Kaiser
William I
Origins of
nationalism
Napoleon
Victor Emmanuel
II
Napoleon
Who opposed
unification?
Catholics,
socialists
Piedmont-Sardinia
Catholics, South
socialists,
anarchists,