lesson 24 Flashcards
What are the key concepts for Napoleon the third and his government?
- dismissed as Napoleon the Small
- seized control of government and got elected president for ten years
- authoritarian government, initiated infrastructure reforms
- reconstruction of Paris
- legalized trade unions
- war with Prussia ended Napoleon’s reign
Napoleon’s most flagrant foreign policy failure
- imperialism in Mexico
- sent troop to protect interests from warring factions in
Mexico
Archduke Maximilian of Austria
Napoleon the third’s puppet ruler in Mexico. Executed after French troops left Mexico.
What question set off the Crimean war?
who would be the chief beneficiaries of the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire?
Why did Russia invade the Ottoman Empire?
they refused to allow Russia to protect Christians shrines in Palestine like the French were allowed to do.
What countries declared war on Russia because of fear?
Great Britain and France
Crimean war events
- poorly planned and poorly fought
- fall of Russia’s Sevastopol
- treaty of Paris=Russia gives up Bessarabia and accept neutrality of Black Sea
- Moldavia and Wallachia were placed under all 5 Great Powers
the first newspaper war
crimean war
Who’s work ensured that less British soldiers died in the Crimean war?
Florence Nightengale
Results of Crimean war
- end of Concert of Europe
- Austria and Russia = enemies
- Russia, Britain, and Prussia withdrew from foreign affairs
- made possible the unification of Italy and Germany
Count Camillo di Cavour of Italy
- selected by King Victor Emmanuel II
- moderate liberal
- made an alliance with Napoleon the 3rd, provoked them into invading piedmont
- success caused the overthrow of Parma, Modena, and tuscany
Giuseppe Garibaldi
- italian patriot
- red shirts
- helped revolt against Bourbon King of Sicily
- turned his forces over to Camillo di Cavour
Who was the ruler of the new kingdom of Italy?
king emmanuel II of the house of savoy
How did the Prussian army indirectly complete the task of unifying Italy?
they won the war against Austria and because they were allies with Italy, Italy received Venetia
What country did the Germans look to for unification?
Prussia
Who did King William I appoint as prime minister in Prussia?
Otto von bismark
otto von Bismark
- ignored the parliament
- reorganized Prussia’s army and collected taxes against Parliament’s wishes
- succeded in guiding Prussia’s unification of Germany
- not a political gambler
- ultimate realist
Danish War
- Bismarck convinces Austrians to join him in declaring war on Denmark
- they win and receive Schleswig and Holstein
Austru - Prussian War
- Prussia’s guns were superior and trains system allowed them to amass troop quicker
- Koniggratz = Austria defeated and excluded from German affairs
Franco Prussia war
- Prussia and France dispute over candidacy of a Hohenzollern relative of the Prussian king for the throne of Spain
- Bismark goaded France to declare war
- German states honored alliances and declared war on France
- Sedan= defeat of France and Napolean 3 captured
results of Franco - Prussian War
- france pays 5 billion dollars
- france gives up Alsace and Lorraine
- France is mad
- William I = emperor of 2nd German Empire
