Germany Flashcards
what is the rivALRY between
austria and prussia ON whos going to control germany
religion: north and south
north- protestant
south- catholic
where does the unity apply to
ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL BUT not political
what kind of shit did they build
roads, telegraphs, canals, railroads
even though they werent united, what is the important half step forward
zollverein expanded! (except austria)
zollverein
alliance of german states formed to manage tariffs, economic policies within territories
who is King william I
german emperor from 1871 as well as king of prussia from 1861
who is Otto von bismarck
” I WILL UNIFY GERMANY”
serves under King william I
characteristics of otto von bismarck
junker (nobleman), a conservative, and a realpolitik – facts, logic, not emotional and prussian
meaning of iron and blood
telling parliament to increase the budget provided for military shit
otto von bismack had a step by step plan, which was to:
get austria to start a war with them
schleswig-holstein (northwest germany) is owned by where?
what does bishmark tell austria to do
tells austria to go in together to fight denmark and they do!
after that, who fights austria for schleswig-holstein
who wins
prussia, prussia wins
what does austria losing result in?
their weakness- giving venice to italy
when prussia expands to the west, what do they form
north german confederation where prussia dominates and replaces metternichs german confederation
in late 1860s, which country begins to have rebellions
spain
what does the rebellion lead to? what do the people want
Drives queen out of the monarch, wants Hohenzollerens (king william) as king
what is france afraid of
if spain becomes ruled under hohenzollerens, they will be COVERED with prussian ppl
what does france do
napolean sends represenative to meet with king william I and KWI tells rep. hohen might be on the throne
what is the EMS (dispatch) telegram
bismarck writes insulting telgram about france resulting in war
in the franco prussian war, where does southern germany join
prussia and germany is uniteddddd
who loses and gets captured
france and Napolean III gets captured
what are the consequences of war
France loses and forced to give Alsace-Lorraine to Germany
GERMANY UNITED UNDER HOHENZOLLEREM
WHAT does william I become known as and who is the chancellor
Kaiser Willheim I
Bismarck
