The Age of the Realpolitik Flashcards
failure of concert of Europe triggered by two groups of Christian (orthodox and Catholics)
Crimean War
is founder of modern nursing; worked with wounded British soldiers; later opened nursing school
Florence Nightingale
1848-1852; has unicameral National Assembly
Second French Republic
established through coup d’état by emperor Napoleon
Second French Empire
president of second French Republic and emperor starting in 1852; takes control after coup d’état against government 1851; voted emperor 1853
Napoleon III
gave education to church in return for church supporting the second republic
Falloux Law
when Napoleon III does about face and does series of reforms in second half of his career
“Liberal Empire”
1864; by Pope Pius IX condemned liberalism aimed at Sardinia
Syllabus of Errors
Italian state leading way in Italian unification; where northern unification started with help of Cavour
Sardinia-Piedmont
first king of united Italy and but first he was king of Sardinia Piedmont
Emmanuel
was prime Minister of Sardinia; orchestrates unification of Italy; leading struggle for unification; Emmanuel’s prime minister; replaced earlier failed unification revolutionaries such as Mazzini and young Italy movement; did bit employ Romantic illusions for unified Italy but carried out realpolitik; guided Sardinia piedmont into liberal and economically viable state, modeled on French constitution, reformed judicial system, built up infer structure
Cavour
name of newspaper Cavour edits talking about unifying Italy under Sardinia
Il Risorgimento
1859; Cavour gained promise Napoleon III that France would support a Sardinia war with Austria for creation of Northern Italian kingdom
Plombieres
led the Redshirts; liberated Southern Italy and Papal States
Garibaldi
is customs union for economic gain, which Austria hates
Zollverian
kleindeutsch plan abandoned; Fredrick William had liberation plan which Austria refused
Humiliation at Olmutz
a plan for a unified Germany w/o Austria
kleindeutsch plan
led drive for unification in Germany; prime minister of Prussia and later imperial chancellor of united German
Bismark
theory because of army-bill crisis; says constitution doesn’t state what to do in stalemate between king and parliament
gap theory
Bismarck’s famous quote saying great questions of day would not be answered with speeches but with ___
blood and iron
1863; war where Prussia and Austria go against Denmark for Holstein and Schleswig
Prussian-Danish War
1866; between Austria and Prussia, insuring kleindoch plan would work
Austrio-Prussian War
new parliament set up with northern German confederation
Reichstag