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ITALY IMPACT OF WW1
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| how did Italy enter the war | secretly through king's executive power |
| how did the king's way of entering the war negatively impact italian politics | under mined democracy |
| how did the difficult economy influence politics | rise in socialism |
| how many members of the socialist party were there in 1914 | 50,000 |
| how many members of the socialist party were there in 1919 | 200,000 |
| what percentage of the vote did socialists receive in 1919 | 32 percent |
| what happened to the city of fiume in 1919 | D'Annunzio and war vets occupied it |
| how did D'Annunzio's occupation of Fiume influence italian politics | rallies, parades and slogans influenced later fascism |
| did nationalists support or condemn D'Annunzio's occupation of Fiume | Nationalists supported the occupation + thought it was true italian patriotism |
| how much did cost of living increase between 1914 and 1918 | 300 percent |
| what was total war | war supplies produced at any cost |
| what did total war result in RE industry | growth of industries like ship-building, engineering, chemicals |
| name one company that made a large profit as a result of total war | fiat |
| what did the government offer war production companies | cheap loans |
| list 3 strains on italian economy during war | production, soldier's wages, pensions |
| what 2 countries did italy borrow money from | USA and Britain |
| how much was national debt in 1914 | 16 billion lire |
| how much was national debt in 1919 | 85 billion lire |
| aside from loans, how did the government cope with economic strain | printing more money |
| what did the government printing more money result in | inflation |
| what negative impact did inflation have on factory worker's wages | purchase power decreased by 25 percent |
| which class was most affected by inflation | middle class |
| what social unrest broke out as a result of inflation | turin bread riots 1917 |
| how many people died in the turin bread riots | 50 |
| what were factory worker's put under during the war | military discipline |
| what is military discipline | workers can't change jobs or strike |
| what were the two years of social unrest in italy in the late 1910s called | bienno rosso |
| what was the climax of the bienno rosso | red week |
| red week | workers occupy factories and ship yards |
| when was bienno rosso/red week | August 1920 |
| what affect does conscription have on the italian countryside | loss of workforce |
| who maintained italian agricultural production whilst male workforce was conscripted | women, children and elderly |
| what did the maintenence of agricultural production during the war indicate | overpopulation |
| how did the war affect trade union membership | trade union membership rose |
| how much was the General Confederation of Labour's membership in 1918 | 250,000 |
| how much was the General Confederation of Labour's membership in 1920 | 2 million+ |
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