Chapter 22 Flashcards
It dismantled tariff barriers between many German states (while Germany still remained politically fragmented
Zollverein
Annexed lands along the Rhine River for France and he also dissolved the a Holy Roman Empire by forcing the emperor of Austria to agree to lesser title of King
Napoleon
In 1848 liberals at the ____________ and demanded that German politically unify
Frankfurt Assembly
They offered the throne of Germany state to ____________ but he refused that offer because he wouldn’t accept a crown that was given to him by people
Fredrick William IV of Prussia
Was the Prussia junker. In 1862 he King William I made him primed minister within a decade of title of the prime minister became chancellor
Otto Van Bismarck
Class which was made up of conservative landowning owners
Junker
Or the highest official of the monarch
Chancellor
Realistic policies based on the on the needs of the state
Realpolitik
Bismarck’s first act was to form an alliance with _____ in 1864
Austria
Took control of
Annexed
Dissolved the Austrian- led German confederation and created a new confederation dominated by Prussia
Bismarck
During this same period France’s leader Napoleon III was angered by the Prussia’s victory over Austria and soon there was a growing rivalry between the two nations which started
Franco-Prussia War of 1870
Emperor
Kaiser
Empire (calling it this because they believed that it was an heir to the Holy Roman Empire)
Reich
By the 1800s German _____ and ______ industries were setting the standard worldwide and its shipping industry was only second to England
Chemical and Electrical