10.3 NATIONALISM Flashcards
Some did not like Napoleon…. Why?
He wanted freedom for the French Rule.
Some Germans liked Napoleon…. Why?
He freed serfs, allowed religious freedom, he was enlightened
After Napoleon’s defeat (where?), the congress of Vienna created a German Confederacy with Austria as it’s head, what was wrong with this?
- each individual state (38) had their own Government
- Each state in the confederacy had different views
- leaders of the states knew there was only one way to be unified (one ruler over all the states)
- set up so Austria would be in charge of Germany
Otto Von Bismarck
- came from a noble, powerful family
- loyalty to Hohenzollerns (Prussia rulers)
- appointed chancellor or prime minister of Prussia by William I
- Practiced Realpolitik
- Worked on the Unification of GermNy
What is realpolitik?
The idea that politics should be based on the needs of the state (whatever the state needs, the resources go to them)
To achieve the unification of Germany, what did Otto do?
- strengthened army
- aggressive foreign policy- “blood and iron” (the time for diplomacy is over, now time for blood and iron)
Otto fought battles against
- Denmark: seized “liberated”
- —–2 provinces of Holstein and Schleswig (1864)
- Austria: (1866) he turned on them, Austria - Prussia war
- France: (1870) france- Prussian war
Prussia- France war
- Otto used Prussian nationalism to remind the people of what Napoleon had done to them
- —— Prussia wanted revenge
- Otto also tricked france with a false telegram
- Prussia won: france humiliated
Victories = ?
Power
Because of these victories, what happened to William I of Prussia.
He became Kaiser (emperor) of the German Confederation
The German people celebrated the new birth of the second empire or what?
Reich
Otto Bismarck created the constitution with 2 houses
Bundersat- upper house
Reichstag- lower house
Emperor- ?
Prime minister- ?
William I
Otto
( Otto still pulls the strings)
Germany became an industrial giant how?
- ) copied Britain in the industrial revolution
- ) conditions were right in Germany for the Industrial Revolution - had good iron and coal resources
- ) large and growing work force- educated work force, good voters, work ethic, punctuality
- ) new technologies in producing weapons
- ) developed new/improved versions of products- Krupp: steel, thyssen: weapons
- ) political: government ran banks and railroads
What is a terrif?
A tax