Was Germany born out of blood and iron?

Question 1

What was Prussia?

Answer 1

A Germanic Kingdom responsible for unifying Germany

Question 2

What was Austria

Answer 2

Another Germanic kingdom which was direct rival of Prussia

Question 3

What was the treaty of vienna

Answer 3

A peace agreement created after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815

Question 4

What was the German confederation?

Answer 4

An association of 39 predominately Germanic states connected through a shared language, culture and geography.

Question 5

What was the Zollverin

Answer 5

The north German customs union formed by Prussia to rival Austria

Question 6

What was the enlightenment?

Answer 6

An age of reason which challenged the accepted forms of power

Question 7

The German Question

Answer 7

a popular question which asks how Germany could and should be unified.

Question 8

“hungry forties”

Answer 8

the periods of extreme hunger in the 1840s in Europe

Question 9

Frankfurt assembly

Answer 9

The assembly created buy the 1848 revolution which aimed to unify germany.

Question 10

Junker

Answer 10

rich landowning militaristic men from Prussia

Question 11

liberalism

Answer 11

belied in the liberty of the individual

Question 12

sonderweg

Answer 12

a thesis that Germany followed a special path unlike any other European country used as an explanation for a nazi Germany.

Question 13

the second reich

Answer 13

german was for the second time ever unified into a reich (empire) of germany countries

Question 14

Kaiser

Answer 14

the german word for emperor

Question 15

When was the treaty of Vienna

Answer 15

January 1815

Question 16

Formation of the German Confederation

Answer 16

June 1815

Question 17

When was the formation of the zollverein?

Answer 17

january 1834

Question 18

When did the revolution begin in Paris?

Answer 18

february 1848

Question 19

when new as the Frankfurt assembly created?

Answer 19

march 1848

Question 20

when was the frankfurt constitution created

Answer 20

march 1849

Question 21

when did bismark become minister president

Answer 21

september 1862

Question 22

when was bismarks blood and iron speech

Answer 22

september 1862

Question 23

Why and when was the Vienna treaty created?

Answer 23

. In 1815
. 39 germanic states (which were individual) wanted to settle the situation in Europe and wanted the boundaries of france to be redrawn so that the stated of the Rhine (Germany) were grouped.
. 5/10 on uniting Germany

Question 24

What was the German confederation and what did it aim to achieve?

Answer 24

. It was an association of 39 states that had a shared culture, language, etc and aimed to bring together the german people into a united union.
. The benifits were economic through trade, militarily and culturally.

Question 25

Why was there a rivalry between Prussia and Austria within the German confederation.

Answer 25

Both countries wanted to become the leader of the germanic people. In 1815 Austria was the strongest country because it had an aspire in a lot of eastern Europe. Prussia was less powerful but was becoming more and more ambitious. Prussia believed a small Germany should be created in a few new kingdoms.

Question 26

Why did Prussia create the Zollverein?

Answer 26

in 1834 The Zollverein is a customs union with a number of members from the german confederation so that they could have free trade. Reasons: 1. economic advantage 2. more power as a leader 3. limit Austrian power

Question 27

Why was there an undercurrent of nationalistic sentiment?

Answer 27

The enlightenment was an age of reason which challenged the accepted forms of power. People wanted more countries to protect and award them with freedom. Nationalism is Germany being united.