Unification Of Germany Flashcards
Obstacles of unification in Germany
- Austria opposed because of fear that they would lose power and feared a more powerful Germany
- smaller states opposed for fear of losing costumes and traditions
- Catholic states feared that they would not able to practice religion. Prussia was protestant
An ideology that believed in strict control of society through military power
Authoritarianism
The appointed upper house in German parliment
Bundersat
An elected lower house in the German parliament
RIECHSTAG
Prime Minister of Prussia
Otto van Bismark. Under the leadership of William 1
Bismark motion meaning take what you want using “warfare and military”
Blood and Iron
Belief that leaders should take whatever action necessary to achieve their goals weather it’s ethic or not
Realpolitiks
The seven week
When Prussia fought Austria for Holstein. Which they had both fought for together
Franco-Prussian war
The war in which Bismark used the southern German state fear of france ,to unite them.
When Bismark edited a telegram to have frence start a war with them.