How did the Italian secret societies disagree about what kind of nation Italy should be?
Some of the secret societies wanted Italy to be a republic where the leaders would be elected and they would make their own laws, some wanted the pope...
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After initially helping the Austrians, why did the French king later agree to fight with the Italians against Austria?
He agreed to help the Italians fight against Austria because Victor Emmanuel promised to give the French king part of his own kingdom.
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By the mid-nineteenth century, why had China become so poor?
China had become poor because Chinese opium users gave British mercants huge amounts of money for opium, but the British didn't spend nearly as much o...
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What did Hong Xinquan believe about the odd dream he had while studying for his government examination?
He believed that his dream was a message from God calling him to fight against the evils that made the poor people of China miserable.
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Why did the Hong Xinquan's followers grow their hair long?
They grew their hair long to show that they were enemies of the Qing.
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Why did the British help fight against the Chinese revolutionaries?
The British helped fight against the revolutionaries because China had signed a treaty that would open up more Chinese ports to British merchants as s...
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Put the events on order
1- Italians began to meet in secret society2- The Carbonaria joined all of the secret societies together3- After receiving a message from the pope, th...
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What did it mean to be "Italian" in 1850?
It only meant that you lived on the Italian peninsula.
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What country governed most of the little states on the Italian peninsula?
The country of Austria governed most of them.
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Why did italian men begin to meet together in secret societies?
T hey wanted the Italian states to be free from Austria and unite into one country.
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What did Giuseppe Mazzini do after the Carbonaria members were arrested?
He formed a new society called Young Italy.
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What was the Risorgimento, or "rising again," of Italy?
It was the movement to make all of the Italian states into one Italian republic
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When the 1848 revolt against Austria began, what did the pope do?
He fled from Rome into Naples, and he asked Roman Catholic kings in Europe to send their armies against the Young Italians.
