Compare and contrast the foreign policy goals and achievements of Metternich (1815-1848) and Bismarck (1862-1890) Metternich and Bismarck had many foreign goals in mind. Many of which led to their great achievements. Metternich was a chief constructor of the Congress of Vienna opposed to ideas of liberals and reformers who wanted to return power to the ruling families deposed by the prior Revolutions. Bismarck sought to unite Germany by engaging into wars including the Danish War‚ the Austro-Prussian
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Bismarck’s Foreign Policy Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) ruled Germany’s foreign policy from 1871 until 1890. He won over Prussia’s elected representatives by unifying Germany‚ first the north (1866) and then (in 1871) the whole of ‘Lesser Germany.’ In 1870‚ the French government blundered into a conflict with Prussia. By declaring war‚ the French fell into a trap that the Prussian king’s chief minister‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ had carefully laid for them. War against France‚ the ‘traditional enemy’
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Explain the beginnings of the spread of nationalism in Europe from 1815 to 1848. When the Great Powers (Britain‚ Prussia‚ Austria‚ Russia‚ and France) met in Vienna in 1815‚ they were attempting to establish a lasting peace and a balance of power in Europe. After ten years of revolution in France and sixteen years of Napoleonic Wars the representatives wanted to prevent any more upheaval. One of their solutions was a proposal to restore kings to their thrones ( a concept called "legitimacy")
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________________________________________ Bismarck’s Foreign Policy 1871-1890 Events 1873 Formation of the Dreikaiserbund 1878 The Congress of Berlin 1879 The Dual Alliance 1881 The renewal of the Dreikaiserbund 1887 The Reinsurance Treaty. Key point: Diplomatic genius guided by the principles of keeping France isolated and remaining on good terms with both Austria and Russia. Introduction: Bismarck had defeated each of his enemies – Denmark‚ Austria‚ and France – in isolation. He realised
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Starting in 1815‚ Europe became quite torn with the various ideologies of liberalism‚ conservatism‚ and nationalism showing up. These beliefs and political views had a huge impact on the many events that happened in the early to mid-eighteenth century. Conservatism basically was an ideology that stressed order and traditional values. They insisted that the government should still be ran by the elite because they were meant to rule‚ and no one else was. They wanted authority to rest in the hands
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The foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson The presidencies of both Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson saw radical changes in United States foreign policy. Roosevelt favored imperialism and increasing the American influence and prestige‚ willing to use force when other means failed. His aggressiveness is considered a successful foreign policy. Wilson was an idealist‚ eager to promote democracy and world peace‚ and unwilling to use force; many of his attempts to encourage
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Over the years the United States has had many foreign policies. Presidents Roosevelt‚ Taft‚ and Wilson all came up with foreign policies for the Latin American Countries such as Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Although these presidents were in office around the same time‚ their foreign policies were each very different. Roosevelt’s policy was known as the Big Stick Diplomacy. It basically meant that the European countries could not mess with the Latin American Countries but the United States‚
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Klemens von Metternich: His Ideology‚ his Role in History‚ and the Stories we Tell. Metternich was an extremely intelligent man who turned his conservative beliefs into international policy. Metternich was a confident leader who put little faith in popular opinion or sentiment because he believed that the common man was too fickle in his loyalties and too inept to understand the magnitude of foreign policy. He was a loyal "servant" to the Austrian Emperor‚ even though Metternich was the true
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Prince Klemens von Metternich was the chief minister of the Austrian Empire and the leading conservative statesman in European politics from 1815 to 1848. He was the principal architect of the "Concert of Europe‚" the alliance of great powers that sought to maintain the the pillars of the old regime--monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ church‚ and privilege--against the forces of liberalism and nationalism. As minister of a German-led multi-national empire‚ Metternich had reason to fear nationalism as much as
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‘To what extent was Metternich responsible for the lack of change in Germany between 1815-1848’ Metternich was the chancellor of Austria and therefore had a substantial amount of power‚ this enabled him to make radical decisions regarding Germany‚ whether it included unifying it or not. On one hand Metternich had a major influence with the lack of change in Germany. This was largely to do with the fact that he continuously over exaggerated the importance of the student movements. An example of
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