NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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King Victor Emmanuel
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Prime Minister Camillo de Cavour
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Otto von Bismarck
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Wilhelm I
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810-1861) The figure who forged the Kingdom of Italy, designe d the constitutional structure of the unitary state and served as its first prime minister was the second son of an aristocratic Piedmontese family.
Detailed explanation-2: -Count Camillo de Cavour was Chief Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont state who led the movement to unify the regions of Italy. He was neither a revolutionary nor a democrat. Like many other wealthy and educated members of the Italian elite, he spoke French much better than he did Italian.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1861, Victor Emmanuel II declared the Kingdom of Italy, making Cavour Prime Minister of Italy.
Detailed explanation-4: -After a large rail system expansion program, Cavour became prime minister in 1852.
Detailed explanation-5: -Camillo, the Count of Cavour, made a secret pact with the French and provoked Austria. Austria readily entered the war and was defeated by the combined forces of France and Sardinia. He merged Lombardy and Sardinia with Italy. Tuscany, Modena, Parma and the Papal states chose to be annexed to Sardinia.