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1. What two major powers in Europe were involved in the initial phase of Italian unification? What did Napoleon III hope to gain?




2. How does Italy’s acquisition of Venetia illustrate power politics in action?




3. Why did the Pope agree to allow Rome to become part of Italy in 1870?