Problems facing Liberal Italy

Key terms:

Risorgimento - movement for Italian unification

Mezzogiorno - Southern Italy

Golden triangle - industrialised part of Italy, consists of Milan, Turin and Genoa.

Roman question - dispute regarding the temporal power of the popes as rulers of a civil territory

Campanilismo - important aspect of life in Italy symbolising a sense of identity.

Constitutional monarchy - a system of government in which a country is ruled by a king and queen whose power is limited by a constitution.

Liberal oligarchy - form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people.

Two party system - a political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape.

Transformismo - political manouvering, leading liberal politicians who did deals to rule amongst themselves.

Problems Liberal Italy faced:

Social:

- Italy was a new,  young country as it had only become fully unified in 1870 this meant that there were still lots…