lesson 24

Question 1

What are the key concepts for Napoleon the third and his government?

Answer 1

• 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

Question 2

Napoleon’s most flagrant foreign policy failure

Answer 2

• imperialism in Mexico
• sent troop to protect interests from warring factions in
  Mexico

Question 3

Archduke Maximilian of Austria

Answer 3

Napoleon the third’s puppet ruler in Mexico. Executed after French troops left Mexico.

Question 4

What question set off the Crimean war?

Answer 4

who would be the chief beneficiaries of the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire?

Question 5

Why did Russia invade the Ottoman Empire?

Answer 5

they refused to allow Russia to protect Christians shrines in Palestine like the French were allowed to do.

Question 6

What countries declared war on Russia because of fear?

Answer 6

Great Britain and France

Question 7

Crimean war events

Answer 7

• 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

Question 8

the first newspaper war

Answer 8

crimean war

Question 9

Who’s work ensured that less British soldiers died in the Crimean war?

Answer 9

Florence Nightengale

Question 10

Results of Crimean war

Answer 10

• 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

Question 11

Count Camillo di Cavour of Italy

Answer 11

• 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

Question 12

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Answer 12

• italian patriot
• red shirts
• helped revolt against Bourbon King of Sicily
• turned his forces over to Camillo di Cavour

Question 13

Who was the ruler of the new kingdom of Italy?

Answer 13

king emmanuel II of the house of savoy

Question 14

How did the Prussian army indirectly complete the task of unifying Italy?

Answer 14

they won the war against Austria and because they were allies with Italy, Italy received Venetia

Question 15

What country did the Germans look to for unification?

Answer 15

Prussia

Question 16

Who did King William I appoint as prime minister in Prussia?

Answer 16

Otto von bismark

Question 17

otto von Bismark

Answer 17

• 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

Question 18

Danish War

Answer 18

• Bismarck convinces Austrians to join him in declaring war on Denmark
• they win and receive Schleswig and Holstein

Question 19

Austru - Prussian War

Answer 19

• Prussia’s guns were superior and trains system allowed them to amass troop quicker
• Koniggratz = Austria defeated and excluded from German affairs

Question 20

Franco Prussia war

Answer 20

• 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

Question 21

results of Franco - Prussian War

Answer 21

• france pays 5 billion dollars
• france gives up Alsace and Lorraine
• France is mad
• William I = emperor of 2nd German Empire