Western Civilization II / Unit 11 WC2 1010 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Italy in 1861: Twenty-Two Million People, Half a Million Voters
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The idea
The Kingdom of Italy at Cavour's death held twenty-two million people and an electorate of half a million property owners. It was a constitutional monarchy with a strong king and patronage politics. To many southerners, the anchor says, unification looked like northern occupation.
In practice
One voter in forty-four, on the anchor's figures.
Where people slip
Figures are the anchor's.
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