Nationalism Realpolitick And Realism Flashcards
Hired by Napoleon to oversee vast project to redesign Paris
Barren George Haussmann
The new president of the second French Republic and 1848
Napoleon the third
Haussma redesign policies included
Wider avenues and Large parks
Effects of Haussmann rebuilding of tears
Transformed paris into a symbol of prosperity and greatness, Made it harder for rioters blockade the streets
Causes of the Crimean war
Tsar Nicholas the first saw an opportunity dominate turkey, Austria felt threatened by Russia’s expansion into the Balkans
Consequences of the Crimean war
Alexander the second of Russia had to launch an ambitious program to reform
Alexander the seconds reforms in 1850 included
The emancipation of the serfs, the creation of the zemstovos
Freed serfs under the Reformation of Alexander the second
Emancipation edict of1861
Zemstovos
A system of local and regional self-government through elected assemblies
Italian unification in 1850 failed due to
Lack of support for a rally for a republic
The young Italy movement of 1850
Failed attempt to rally support to make a republic
Realpolitik
“The politics of reality”, A combination of power politics and secret diplomacy
Creator of realpolitik
Cavour
Cavour’s economic plan did what for piedmont
Built railroads, expanded commerce And modernized Piedmont’s army
Franco Piedmont alliance
Cavour’s alliance with Napoleon III to drive Austria out of northern Italy
Giuseppe garibaldi and Cavour agreed that Italy should
Be freed from foreign control
In may of 1860 Garibaldi’s red shirts
Successfully invaded and liberated the kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Obstacles to the unification of Germany in 1860
Germany was politically divided, French foreign policy continued to support German rivalries while opposing German unity
Master of realpolitik
Otto Von Bismarck
William I’s prime minister in 1862
Otto Von Bismarck
Bismarck “the great questions of our day cannot be solved by speeches and majority votes but by…”
Blood and iron
In the 1860’s Bismarck’s main goal was to
Strengthen Prussia
Bismarck thought liberalism was
Frivolous and misguided
Consequences for Bismarck’s war with Denmark in 1864
Bismarck begin to eliminate Austria from German affaires
Seven weeks war 1866
Bismarck provoked Austria into declaring war on Prussia, Prussia crushes Austrians
Consequences of seven weeks war
Dissolution of the German confederation, Bismarck organizes a north German confederation
Causes of the war with France in 1870
French opposition of German unity, Bismarck’s inflaming of relations between France and Prussia
How does Bismarck inflame relations between France and Prussia in the war with France 1870
Skillfully editing the Ems Dispatch
The consequences for the war with France 1870
Loss of rich deposits of coal and iron to the French, unification of Germany, Germany becomes industrial rival to Great Britain
Magyars 1867
Enforced a dual monarch in Austria
Effects of dual monarchy in Austria 1867
Austria and hungry become Austria-Hungary, combination of army and foreign policy
Reform bill of 1867
Extended suffrage to most of great Britons urban workers, still denied women right to vote
Key features of realism
Less romantic thoughts, focus on daily concerns of real people.
Realism criticized the cruelty of
Industrial life and the greed of the wealthy
