Unification of Italy

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the year of proclamation?1861
2. What is the key figures?Count Camillo di Cavour, Giuseppe Garibaldi, King Victor Emmanuel II
3. What was Italy like before it became one country?It was made of many small states, each with its own ruler, and some were controlled by foreign powers like Austria and the Bourbon monarchy.
4. Who were the Carbonari and what did they want?They were secret groups that wanted Italy to be free and united, and they spread ideas of liberty and a single nation.

Risorgimento: The 19th-century political and social movement that led to the unification of Italy into a single nation-state.
Piedmont-Sardinia: The Kingdom that served as the political and military engine of Italian unification, led by King Victor Emmanuel II and guided by Count Cavour.
Expedition of the Thousand: Giuseppe Garibaldi's military campaign in 1860 that conquered the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a pivotal event in the unification process.
Temporal Power of the Papacy: The historical political authority of the Pope over territories in central Italy, which ended with the annexation of Rome in 1870.