Bismarck

research on databases and books. Your textbook is a resource but cannot be used as a cited source. You must have a Works Cited page. 1. Compare and contrast the foreign policies of Bismarck vs. Kaiser Wilhelm. How were their decisions significant to WWI? (At least three paragraphs). (9 PTS) Otto Van Bismarck is considered the founder of Germany. He was the Prime Minister of prussia from 1862-1873 and Germany’s first chancellor from 1871-1890. In 1859 he was sent as an ambassador to Russia,…

a farm in Stanton, North Dakota, Harold Schafer grew up in many different towns. With his parents and two siblings, they moved from town to town, but kept coming back to Bismarck, North Dakota. When Harold was 12 years old, his parents split and his mother moved the family from Jamestown, Glen Ullin, and finally back to Bismarck. In his young years, Harold came to know hard work and valued it among all which would define him as person. At the age of eight, Harold took his first job in a butcher…

July 26th, 1866. Austria, aided by Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover and some smaller German states, and Prussia, with the support of Italy declared war on each other. It was started by Otto von Bismarck, a German statesman, to push Austria out of the German Confederation. He did this against the wishes of his king. Bismarck wanted the German unification under Prussian control. Prior to this though, Austria and Prussia were salty because of their argument over the governing of Schleswig-Holstein.…

Bismarck spoke in front of the Lantag in Prussia to convince the German National Association (Nationalverein) of the need of military action brought in by the Prussian power system. This was mainly to establish a Prussian dominance in the newly forming German…

In 1871, the Second German Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. In this historical act the emperor, William I, was crowned emperor in front of, to name just a few, his soldiers, Moltke, Bismarck, the Chancellor of the new empire, and the Crown Prince Frederick. Others present included important personalities such as Anton von Werner, according to whom the proclamation was perceived as monumental and was met with deafening cheers from the audience. This proclamation marked…

outbreak of war, particularly in ousting Bismarck. Wilhelm’s bellicose and expansionistic motives to achieve a ‘place in the sun’, overthrew Bismarck’s realpolitik…

result of the Prussian unification of Germany, many Germans immigrated to America in search of religious freedom, economic opportunities, and freedom from political and social persecution. The unification of Prussia began when the leader Bismarck came into power. Bismarck became the prime minister because the Germans could not agree on how long one should have to serve in war. Otto Von Bismarck’s main goal while in power was to make Prussia a stronger state than Austria. (“The Unification of…

Germany is completely responsible for World War One because militarism builds armies and stockpiles weapons which leads to heightened tensions, alliance systems turn small conflicts into worldwide wars, and nationalism unifies countries but can cause adverse effects. Germany is to be completely blamed for World War One because militarism creates an arms race where nations expand their armies and accumulate weapons to feel safe while at the same time, intimidate their neighbors. Militarism is…

because European nations were rivals the whole time. In 1914, Europe was divided into two combinations of great powers: the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy, and the Triple Entente of France, Russia, and Britain. Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck,…

military collisions, Bismarck managed to preserve balance of power in Europe and simultaneously strengthen German position due to the efficient negotiations and system of alliances. The Chancellor "remained undisputed world champion at the game of multilateral diplomatic chess… [and] devoted himself exclusively, and successfully, to maintaining peace between the powers" (Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Empire: 1875–1914 (1987)) Nevertheless, diplomatic methods of “realpolitik” favored by Bismarck…