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Weaknesses of Liberal Italy
Social
Italians
remained divided
Religious
The catholics
brought policy problems
liberal goverment
catholics couldn't vote
Geographic
Lack of Italian identity
Piedmont was the dominant state
laws and political system
were imposed
Regionalism was strong
Italians feelt loyalty
for their homes and towns
Social
Working-class protest
People form south Italy
were not in favor of unifying
US applied immigration
Restrictions on Italy
Sourthern poor Italy
Couldn´t emigrate to America
Nationalist opposition
Futurist movement
Glorify the war
criticized liberalism for failing to became powerful
Weakend the country
Had discontent
Facilitate Mussolini get to the power
Political
With Italy's involvement in WWI
Mussolini could change Italian's foreing policy
which
Consisted on:
having a powerful dictator
Anti-communism and the struggle of social classes
Promoting nationalism
Against:
internationalism
multi-party liberal democracy
pacifism
One-party government
empire building and war
was influenced by
the Versailles settlement
the nationalists' belief to become an empire and gain power
Their limited economic resources
Italy's geographical territory
Humilations on previous foreign policies
the constant changing of the international context
Fascist ideology
this period was characterized
by the
developement of Facist dictatorship
there was a political division
North: Rich
South: Poor workers
Economic
Italian population was divided by economy
Northern rich landowners
Southern extremely poor agricultural workers
had
emigrated to other countries a lot
Their access to the US cut off by sanctions
Inflation
affected
Middle classes with savings
Fixed-wage workers
Unemployment grew to 2 million by the end of 1919
Economy depended on agriculture
Very outdated due to lack of influence from industrial revolution
Other European countries such as Britain and France had their economy based on manufacturing.
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