Bismarck

(Doc. 8) Otto Von Bismarck would not agree with Rhodes ideas that Britain is a great nation he would instead root for the German nation. Bismarck, whom was a chancellor in Germany and he attempted to show off German nationalism by gathering nations were fellow Germans lived such as Alsace and Lorraine which was originally under French control. Bismarck thought that if those from other nations/ culture did not want to follow German rules…

so great an influence on modern Germany as Prince Otto von Bismarck the ‘Iron Chancellor’ of Germany. After hundreds of years of war, which stretched from the beginning of the ancient Roman Empire to the present time, Bismarck transformed the region of Germany…

the Bismarck model. First, this model forces everyone to be covered by health insurance, which benefits the general health of the population. This is also similar to both the Bismarck and Beveridge model. Second, this model offers both government intervention and private industry. The government funds it through taxes, making it easy to redistribute wealth, and it has many privatized aspects of the health care industry. This would be a system that combines the best parts of both the Bismarck and…

The answer to this perplexing question lies on how the French viewed the outside world. By turning Egypt into an object to be visited and observed, the event organizers created an image of Egypt as something set apart from Europe that could be acquired. In a very real sense, the exhibit made the French ponder how their own unique culture compared to that of the Egyptians. As a result, this had the unintended consequences of stirring French nationalism and a desire for empire, especially when…

Until the breakout of World War 1 in 1914, Europe had maintained an uneasy peace since 1871. Following its unification in 1871, Germany formed the Triple Alliance with Italy and Austria-Hungary in 1882 under the leadership of chancellor Otto von Bismarck. In 1894, William II dropped the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia, prompting a Franco-Russian alliance. British-German relations also turned bitter because of William’s rash foreign policy. In 1907, Britain joined France and Russia, forming the…

The Danish War took place in 1864. Bismarck teamed up with Austria, but secretly Austria was his enemy. Bismarck and Austria combined, defeated Denmark and took Schleswig as a price, which resulted in Holstein going to Austria. Germany targeted Denmark because Denmark controlled the northern properties and they wanted Schelwig. The unification of Germany forced the states to pull together and help end the war. The Austro-Prussian War took place in 1866. Bismarck had to get rid of Austrian…

During the early 1870s, the Franco-Prussian War took place. At this time France had no allies, which was the chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck’s goal; he wanted to keep France isolated for Europe. He was successful until 1890, when Kaiser Wilhelm II took office. Between the years of 1870 to 1914 France has gained many alliances and their government has changed drastically. After the Franco-Prussian War took place, France had no alliances. Their first alliance was Russia, though they…

document 2 Austria stood in the way of German unification because of the fear of a unified Germany becoming too strong. Prussia being the most powerful state in Germany it became the leading state in the fight for unification. The king and Otto Von Bismarck wanted a unified nation under the state of Prussia. In document 5 it quotes Bismarck’s process for unification which is using blood and iron a method of resorting to war, wars which include a war with Denmark, Austria which was called the…

In 1888, Otto von Bismarck remarked that “the next great European war will probably come out of some damn foolish thing in the Balkans.” (Massie, p. 82) At the time, he was referring to the aftermath of the Serbo-Bulgarian war, which managed, in a series of resonating blows, to shatter the Ottoman Empire’s tenuous grasp on the Balkans and splinter the League of Three Empires. Over the next forty years, the ever-fluid situation in the Balkans ebbed and flowed, but never strayed far from a point…

led to the establishment of a movement called German Nationalism that resisted his attempts to invade and conquer Germany. Germans wanted to be independent and thus keep invaders away. Nationalism provoked German under the leadership of Otto von Bismarck to establish the German Unification ideology that provoked the Austro-Prussian War that ensured a win against Austria in 1866 (Smith 59). In addition, the ideology strengthened Germans’ resolve that ignited the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and…