17. Nationalism, Realpolitick, and Realism: 1850-1871 Flashcards
What happened in France in 1848
Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew Louis Napoleon was elected president of Second French Republic.
What happened just 4 years after the establishment of the Second French Republic?
Louis Napoleon declared himself emperor Napoleon III of the Second Empire
What did Napoleon III do with French economy
Industrialized
Napoleon III rebuilt/redesigned Paris by hiring this guy:
Haussmann
What were Napoleon III’s ambitions/goals
Win international glory for France
Crimean War years?
Basically who vs. who?
- 1853-1856 (basically right after revolutions of 1848. the first major even after 1848 and first war since 1815 CoVienna)
- Russia vs. Other countries
Why did Russia enter the Crimean War
to get access to the Mediterranean by taking Turkey
what countries entered the Crimean War against Russia and why
- France and Britain: to retain balance of power
- Sardinia: hoped to gain support for Italian unification
Direct result of the Crimean War
Russia lost humiliatingly
Tsar Alexander II’s major reform in 1861
Emancipation Edict of the serfs
Alexander II’s new system of regional self-government through elected assemblies:
Zemstvos
Italian nationalists looked to this kingdom for leadership for the cause of unification:
Piedmont-Sardinia
in 1852, Piedmont’s king Emmanuel II appointed a prime minister:
Count Camillo di CAVOUR
What is Realpolitik
successful combination of power politics and secret diplomacy.
“the politics of reality”
Who was Cavour’s greatest enemy and so who did he ally with
- Austria was biggest obstacle to Italian unity
- Allied with Napoleon III
Cavour’s achievement in Italian Unification:
By defeated Austrians, he annexed most of northern Italy.
Who was the main unifier in the South of Italy?
What was his group called and what did he do?
Garibaldi, Red Shirts, successfully liberated kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The year of proclamation of the kingdom of Italy with Victor Emmanuel II as king
1861
Why was the Italian Unification incomplete? 2 main reasons
- Pope remained hostile to the new Italian state
- problems still plagued the new state. Northern italy was urban while southern remained backward, and heavy debt
the main dude in the unification of Germany serving as prime minister.
What country?
Otto von Bismarck
Prussia
Who did Bismarck go to War against? 3 countries:
Denmark, Austria, then France
What was Prussia’s war with Austria in1866 called?
Seven Weeks’ War
What was the result of the 7 weeks’ war-
who won?
what was created?
Austria lost,
dissolution of the German Confederation and creation of North German Confederation dominated by Prussia
Consequence of Prussia’s war with France-
who won?
how was it settled?
France lost
France ceded Alsace and Lorraine,
