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as well as increase representation of the common people in politics, civil rights, and economic boom through modernization and industrialization. France nationalists goals were seen through the election of Napoleon III to president and eventually emperor of France, ruling alongside a national assembly. Napoleon worked for the common people by implementing universal male suffrage, which got him elected. Napoleon also led the charge…

Herodotus and Sima Qian are known as two of the greatest historians of their time. In comparing each of their writings several different roles that women were meant to fill become clear. Although these vastly different cultures had limited contact, women in Greece and China were very similar during this time period. Each writer gives distinct evidence of women fulfilling, or denying the roles placed upon them as wives, mothers, daughters, oracles, soldiers, commanders, gifts, property, and…

after WWI. However just because the war was officially over for them, did not mean the fighting had stopped in Germany. The entire World was in bad shape after the terrible war, but Mann explains how it seemed that nothing could go right for the Germans and with each blow the people’s hope began to diminish and the struggle to stay strong grew harder and harder. Amongst the ruins of the desolate state, political parties began to take advantage of the people’s need for leadership and began to…

others based off of race, culture and power. Through the process of German unification it brought about the sense of nationalism and the ideas of a nation. A nation consists of a common culture, being financially powerful, and unified. Otto von Bismarck who was the Prime Minister of Prussia at this time helped succeed Germany to being one of the top five major powers of Europe. Bismarck wanted his country to be just for the German race and work together to fulfill that feeling of superiority…

Czechoslovakia - 1918 to 1993-, Yugoslavia -1918 to 1992- and Neutral Moresnet -1816 to 1920-(Hoeller), all of these are either nations that used to exist, or nations that have gone through some name changes. Much like these nations there was yet another, a German military state that started out as a Duchy and formed into the powerful nation known as Prussia. Even though Prussia was such a strong nation, in today’s society it seems almost completely forgotten by the…

The History of the Unified German States and “Bismarck’s Germany” Germany: a region and territory that has been synonymous with war since Frederick Wilhelm, the Great Elector, started the process of turning Prussia into a military-based monarchy in 1653 (Steinberg). Germany, although incredible in its historical impact, has only existed in its present, unified form for less than 150 years. Over its short lifetime, Germany has enjoyed, and endured, a number of rulers, but none, perhaps, was so…

was made up of people with many different nationalities. There were Slavs, Hungarians, Italians, Serbs and Croats. Each one of these people believed that they should rule themselves. Nationalism spurred revolts against the government in 1848. The emperor at this time, Francis Joseph, tried to satisfy these nationalists by allowing small reforms, but he did not succeed since many of the ethnic groups were not happy. In 1866, Austria-Hungary split into two states. These two states had its own…

succession wars – but nothing that could possibly be considered permanent. This all changed in 1870, when the Franco-Prussian War ended with the formation of the German Empire through blood and iron. A radical shift in the power spectrum had thus transpired. Wilhelm I, through the German Empire, fractured the power structure in Europe. To secure German economic dominance and the balance of power throughout Europe, unprecedented actions had to be taken. The network of alliances that would…

Throughout the Industrial Revolution, many Germans immigrated to the United States in search of a new life. By 1830, 37% of the population spoke German, making it the most commonly spoken language after English. Yet the German immigrants ' ability to coexist with the rest of society was made especially difficult from the late 19th century to World War I. Scholars and authors can agree that American sentiment towards Germany and German-Americans shifted quite rapidly from being tolerant to…

someone in a German accent yell, “Halt!” I am too scared to turn around but I know that we are in deep trouble. I am sweating like crazy and my heart is about to burst out of my chest. I am immediately forced to the ground and see that the rest of my crew is already bound by ropes. The…