The Ultimate Reason That Newly Unified Italy Was Able to Occupy

question 29

Multiple Choice

The ultimate reason that newly unified Italy was able to occupy Rome and make the city its capital was

• A) withdrawal of the French garrison during the Franco-Prussian War.
• B) the Pope's excommunication of Napoleon III.
• C) the Pope's agreement to accept Italian rule in exchange for Italian government subsidies for the Vatican.
• D) Austrian withdrawal following the 1866 defeat by Prussia.
• E) withdrawal of German soldiers.

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Definitions:

Conjugated

Refers to a system in organic chemistry where alternating single and multiple bonds result in enhanced stability and unique reactivity.

Carbocation Intermediate

A positively charged carbon ion, often found as a reactive intermediate in organic reactions, characterized by a carbon atom having only six electrons in its valence shell.

Resonance Contributors

Describes the various Lewis structures that represent a molecule's bonding and electron arrangement, highlighting how electrons can delocalize across the molecule.

Carbocation Intermediate

A positively charged ion (cation) characterized by the presence of a carbon atom having only six electrons in its valence shell, often occurring in organic reactions.