Liberal Italy (jan 1, 1870 – oct 1, 1922)

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Weakness of the liberal Italy
- There was a lack of coherent Italian national identity after the unification

- Regionalism was strongest (industrialised north against agricultural south)

- State and Catholic Church at odds

- Government and decision making bodies ruled by the middle and upper classes

- Trade unions shut down and workers parties banned (Italian Socialist Party, PSI) to suppress growing lower class dissatisfaction

- Italian Nationalist Association formed 1910 from dissatisfaction Italy didn't become a "great power" after its unification

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