Unification of Italy and Germany

Question 1

What years did the unification of Italy and Germany take place?

Answer 1

1870’s -1871

Question 2

What was going on before the unification of Italy and Germany?

Answer 2

Italy and Germany were NOT yet countries
they were areas that were divided up into many different states, each with its own government.

Question 3

Why did Italy and Germany want to unify?

Answer 3

Due to nationalism, the Italian-speaking people of Italy and the German-speaking people of Germany wanted to combine their
separate states to form one united nation with one government

Question 4

Unification of Italy

Answer 4

Italy successfully combined its separate states to form one united nation in
1870 thanks to Giuseppe Garibaldi, Giuseppe Mazzini, Count Camillo di Cavour

Question 5

Unification of Germany

Answer 5

Germany successfully combined its separate states to form one united
nation in 1871 thanks to the efforts of one man Otto von Bizmarck- He used a “blood and iron” policy to unify German lands

Question 6

Blood and Iron Policy

Answer 6

strategy of using military force and industrial development