Ch24 S3/ Nationalism-Germany and Italy
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Austro Prussian War | Resulted in the unification of the northern German states. |
| Francis Joseph | Leader of Austrian empire that split empire in 2 halves over which he ruled called Austria-Hungary. |
| Romanovs | Ruling family of the Russian empire. |
| Hapsburgs | Ruling family of the Austro-Hungarian empire. |
| Russification | Forcing Russian culture on all ethnic groups in the Russian empire. |
| Armenians | Persecuted by conservative Turks who did not want equal rights extended to other ethnic groups in the Ottoman empire. |
| Camillo di Cavour | Prime minister behind all of Sardinia's unification plans, he succeeded in creating a Northern Italian nation state. |
| Napoleon III | French leader who helped Italy drive out Austria from parts of its land. |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | Italian nationalist the led the war for freedom Sicily and southern Italy and then united it with northern Italy. |
| Red Shirts | Garibaldi's army of volunteers. |
| Victor Emmanuel | First King of a unified Italy, who was originally king of Sardinia. |
| Venetia and Papal States | Last Italian regions conquered to form a unified Italy. |
| German Confederation | Created by Congress of Vienna 1815, loosely formed by 39 German States dominated by the Austrian Empire. |
| Wilhelm I | King of Prussia who wanted to double the Prussian army strength; became emperor (Kaiser) in 1871; Supported Bismark. |
| Junkers | Prussian, conservative, land-owning class that supported the King. |
| Otto Von Bismark | Prussian prime minister, he led the unification of Germany and the creation of the German empire. |
| realpolitik | Politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations; Bismarck's "blood and iron" philosophy. |
| Schleswig and Holstein | Bismarck formed an alliance with Austria to seize these colonies from Denmark. |
| Seven Weeks War | Another name for the Austro-Prussian War, A war between Prussia and Austria that started in 1866; it was fought over how Schleswig & Holstein ought to be ruled; led to unifying Northern Prussian states. |
| Franco-Prussian War | Bismark sought to unify all Germans by creating a common enemy in France. Germany defeated France and unified southern German Catholics states with Protestant majority in the north. |
| Second Reich | Germans capture the French palace of Versailles in Franco-Prussian War; Bismarck became the empire's first prime minister, and King William I of Prussia was crowned Kaiser. |
| First Reich | Holy Roman Empire. |
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