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WEAKNESSES OF LIBERAL ITALY - Coggle Diagram
WEAKNESSES OF LIBERAL ITALY
Economic
Low economic growth
This led to massive and constant strikes
Mass unemployment
Public and massive debts
Food shortages
Significant Centre - North /South (socio - economic divide)
Suffered inflation
Extended depression
Lack of domestic raw materials resources
Limited coal reserves and no domestic oil
Political
Rise of power of Mussolini and his Fascist Party
Fascist dictatorship
The Catholic Church
The breakdown in relation between Church and state continue to divide Italy
Division exacerbated by anti - clerical policies of the liberal goverements
Middle and upper classes dominated the political system
Entente alliance
Italy´s politicians were divided during the intervention crisis
War made Italy politically divided
Many of the 5 million men that served in its army were politicized
Social
Italian society remained divided
This was along across geographical,
religious and social lines
In the south the peasants lived in poverty, while in the north there was industralization
Lack of national identity
Italians feeling loyalty to their home
towns and cities, particularly in the south.
Discontent and unrest
This was caused by
Italy's involvement in the First World War
Working-class movements
Had grown in Italy from the late
19th century,
Italian Nationalist Association
This movement glorified war
Criticized the weakness of liberal governments for failing to become a "Greta Power"
Wanted an empire to compete with Britain,
France and the new Germany