Unit 1 Stuff

Question 1

North South Divide Examples

Answer 1

• Car Industry of Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Lancia
• Lots of deaths in the south of malaria and tuberculosis
• 1901-13 200,000 Italians left to the USA and NY had a population of 600,000 Italians (more than Italian Cities)

Question 2

Economic Issues during the war

Answer 2

• Poor Economic output
• 2 machine guns per battalion and Austria had 12 per battalion
• Shortage of artillery and bullets

Question 3

Economic improvements during war

Answer 3

• Recruitment of women + peasants and strikes made illegal and workers could face tribunals
• Italy produced more than Britain - 20,000 machine guns and 7,000 pieces of artillery
• Produced 6,500 planes (aeronautical industry)
• Financed through cheap loans and industrialists ran all production - no risk due to banks and states backing them up

Question 4

Economic Problems after the war

Answer 4

• National debt = 85 billion lire
• Unbalanced development of industries - steel, engineering and war based growing at a disproportionate rate
• North industry 20% up
• Led to protests in Turin to bread shortages

Question 5

Stats of Capporetto

Answer 5

10,000 killed
30,000 wounded
300,000 taken as POW’s
400,000 vanished

Question 6

Fall in Casualties under General Diaz

Answer 6

520,000 —> 143,000

Question 7

Literacy Rate in the South (worst areas)

Answer 7

80% Illiterate

Question 8

South Moving to America Stats

Answer 8

• 200,000 Moving per year
• 1912-13, 1.5 million left

Question 9

Difference in Wealth and Paid Taxes in North and South of Italy

Answer 9

• North had 48% Wealth paid 40% of Taxes
• South had 27% Wealth and Paid 32% of Taxes