Chapter 17 Era of National Unification Flashcards

Political Unification of iTALY Unification of Germany National awakening in Habsburg Lands

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Count Camillo di Cavour

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Prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia

Helped organize Italy’s unification

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Victor Emmanuel II

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1849-1878, king of Piedmont Sardinia

Wanted a unified Italy

1861- king of unified Italy

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Piedmont Sardinia

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Italian peninsulas strongest, most liberal state. They basically unified Italy

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Crimean War

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France, England, and Ottomans VS. Russia.

Cavour (piedmont Sardinia) gave troops to England

Sardinia got a lot of territory as a result of the victory

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Zollverein

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German Customs unit, removed tariffs and taxes and trade barriers among Prussian (German) States

Economic unification

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Took Naples, Sicily and joined with Sardinia to unify Italy

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Otto Von Bismark

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1862- appointed prime minister of Prussia
-Prussian Junker

“iron Chancellor”

Wanted a smaller, united Germany

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Realpolitik Politics

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The pursuit of a nations self-interest based on realistic assessment of costs and consequences of actions

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King William 1

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Successor to Frederick William IV. He wanted to double the size of the army and require three years of compulsory military service for all young men. He appointed Otto von Bismarck as his Prime Minister and eventually became the emperor of the Second German Empire.

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Schleswig - Holstein

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Land taken from Denmark by Austria and Prussia.

Prussia took control after a short war with Austria (Austro-Prussian War)

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Austro-Prussian War

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A short war with Prussia gaining the territory of Holstein into its empire

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North German Confederation

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A new confederation that united 22 German states under a constitution and a parliament

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Battle of Sadowa

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Sadowa: The Austro-Prussian war (1866). Bismarck beat Austria and used the chance to isolate Austria, without kicking them in the face with hard peace settlements.

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Battle of Sadowa/ Koniggratz

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Sadowa: The Austro-Prussian war (1866). Bismarck beat Austria and used the chance to isolate Austria, without kicking them in the face with hard peace settlements.
-a fast peace

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Reichstag

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German Parliament

  • limited power
  • king had power over $ issues
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Dual Monarchy

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Hungary and Austria had a united rule

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Kulturkampf

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German campaign against Catholics

  • discriminatory laws
  • SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE