World War 1 Flashcards
Nationalism
patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts
Risorgiment
was the political and social movement that consolidated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of the Kingdom of Italy in the 19th century.
Young Italy Movement
was a political movement for Italian youth
Giuseppe Mazzini
was an Italian politician, journalist and activist for the unification of Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian general, politician and nationalist who played a large role in the history of Italy
Liberal
open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.
Unification
the process of being united or made into a whole
Otto Von Bismarck
was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890
The Zollverein
coalition of German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories
The Junkers
Junkers were the members of the landed nobility in Prussia.
Franco Prussian war
was a conflict between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia
Realpolitik
is politics or diplomacy based primarily on considerations of given circumstances and factors
Emancipation
the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation
Serfs
an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord’s estate
Social Democratic party
is a social-democratic political party in Germany.
Autocrat
a ruler who has absolute power
Pogroms
to wreak havoc, to demolish violently
Nihilist
a person who believes that life is meaningless and rejects all religious and moral principle
Dumas
was a French writer
Tanzimat reforms
a period of reformation that began in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876
Dual monarchy
two separate kingdoms are ruled by the same monarch, follow the same foreign policy, exist in a customs union with each other and have a combined military but are otherwise self-governing
Crimean war
a military conflict fought from October 1853 to March 1856
Treaty of sanstefano
peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire
Militarism
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
