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23 Cards in this Set
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Otto van Bismarck
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the driving force behind German unification in the 1800s
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nationalism
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a feeling of pride in your country and a love for that country, even a feeling of superiority towards other countries
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people first liked Napoleon because he 1. 2. 3.
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abolished laws that discriminated against jews
freed the serfs made trade easier among the German states |
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Metternich pointed out _____ at the Congress of Vienna
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to make a unified government, they would have to dismantle the Germanic governments
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Zollverein
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1830s - Prussia creates an economic union, made trade between Germanic states easier
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Frankfurt Assembly
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1848 - wants to unite German states and ask Prussia to lead them, Frederick declines
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Bismarck is a member of the __________ class
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Junker - landowning nobility
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Bismarck's political career
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Prussian diplomat
prime minister chancellor |
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Bismarck's policy
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blood and iron
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realpolitik
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power is more important than principles, realistic politics must be practiced based on the needs of the state
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2 provinces of Denmark that Prussia and Austria take
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Holstein (Austria) Schleswig (Prussia)
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Austro-Prussia war
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7 weeks
Prussia wins |
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2 territories Prussia takes after French-Prussian war
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Alsace and Lorraine on the Rhine river
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William I becomes KAISER
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emperor
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make themselves the Second Reich
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after Holy Roman Empire
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Reich -
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empire
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Bismark makes a __________________ and constitution
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2-house legislature
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Bundesrat -
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upper house, elected by rulers of German states
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Reichstag -
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lower house, elected by the people
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chancellor -
annex - |
highest official of a monarch
take control of |
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Kulturkampf
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battle for civilization
Catholics put allegiance to state above the church |
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William II
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succeeded grandpa as kaiser
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social welfare
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programs to help certain groups of people
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