Edexcel A Level History - Paper 2 -The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911–46 - Key Topic 1

1 - The liberal state, c1911-18

● Italy in the early twentieth century: the political system;
economic and social problems; the north-south divide; Italy
as a ‘great power’.
● Giolitti’s government in 1911: the influence of Giolitti;
relations with socialists, the Catholic Church and
nationalists; foreign policy.
● Growing instability, 1912–14: impact of invasion of Libya;
impact of the franchise extension of 1912; growth of
nationalism and socialism; resignation of Giolitti; the
declaration of neutrality 1914.
● Impact of the First World War: intervention crisis; military
stalemate, 1915–16; defeat at Caporetto; socialist
responses to war; the war economy and cost of war; the
significance of victory