aristocratic rule and complete loyalty to the ’Junker’‚ rich‚ landowning aristocratic Prussian’s. As Bismarck’s political experience grew his views changed and he felt it necessary to move away from aristocratic rule and formed a view similar to nationalism. Many believe this was to simply give his own state of Prussia more power. Bismarck also desired better foreign policy. He was a reckless politician and went too extremes to achieve his goals. Otto von Bismarck was born at Schönhausen‚ north-west
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a united Italy? Introduction Italy was unified in 1871. There were three important individuals who had shown extreme efforts in unifying Italy. They were Mazzini‚ garibaldi and Cavour. Cavour was considered to be the most important person in unifying Italy‚ Eventhough he only ends the steps of Mazzini and garibaldi who initially started the idea of uniting Italy. However‚ it had been claimed that the assistance of foreign power was the most important reasons for Italian unification during the
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Unification of Germany was made possible largely by Bismarck‚ as there were other factors prior to his policies that had able Germany to be unified as one. Firstly‚ the Crimean War has caused the collapsing of the Congress of Vienna‚ which in turn resulted‚ to having ’freed’ individual small German states to be on their own. This factor created a window of opportunity to Prussia and Bismarck as the small states could be easily brought under the Prussian Empire‚ if necessary with the help of the
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Euro Ch. 22 Study Guide Italian Unification * Victor Emmanuel II (VERDI): First King of United Italy‚ King of Italia * Cavour: Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1852 until his death‚ had a realpolitiker’s vision‚ promoted economic development‚ to unify Italy he had to confront Austria so he got help from Napoleon who feared growth of Piedmont and gave them Lombardy but not Venetia to Piedmont and left the rest of Italy disunited‚ helped achieve a strong economy‚ modern army‚ liberal
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During a world economic crisis‚ two similar totalitarian regimes were able to emerge in Germany and Italy. The fascist party was led by Benito Mussolini in Italy‚ while the National socialists were led by Adolf Hitler in Germany. The education played a key role in these two nations‚ as since the future of Italy and Germany was in the schools. The public image of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were key factors in the popularity of the two leaders. Propaganda was an essential tool in both countries
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Nationalism holds that where a nation exists‚ it should govern itself. The forces of nationalism influenced central Europe from Italy to the land of the Austrian Habsburgs. After 1815‚ the region knew the positive effects of a different style of governing and was divided into a much more rational set of political units. There was an effort by both states to unite its segmented lands‚ so that they could have a more international standpoint. By 1870‚ both Italy and the Austrian Empire had been re-established
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By 1871‚ the separate states of Italy had finally become a unified country. Nationalism played a ver large part in this unification process. If it hadn’t been for the people of this region having a strong sense of pride for their country‚ Italy would still be split up into many nations as it was in the early 1800’s. There were certain people who helped move this process along tremendously‚ including Cavour‚ Mazzini and Garibaldi. All these great men helped form new movements or ideas. Then in the
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Did Bismarck really plan the unification of Germany? Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) could be considered one of the smartest leaders of Germany ever. He was a great National Hero who was respected greatly by the German people. It was only in 1847 when Bismarck became a Deputy in the Prussian United Diet that Bismarck started on his path to greatness. Even though Bismarck was originally from Prussia and he stuck to all his old beliefs as he climbed the political ladder until he became the Prime
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reason for the unification of Germany‚ which ended ‘the great questions of the day‚’ was ‘coal and iron.’ This is a quote from British economist John Maynard Keynes‚ who argued that the industrial and economic preparation before the wars‚ which united Germany‚ were more important. This is because the economic strength created by the rapid industrialisation enabled the creation of a powerful Prussia. It was under this powerful Prussia‚ with some skilful diplomacy and opportunism‚ that Germany was successfully
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States‚ Italy‚ and Germany in the 19th century. The fall of Napoleon in the early 19th century had awoken a spirit of nationalism and sparked the unification of many countries around the world. The Congress of Vienna restored territories conquered by Napoleon‚ but it distributed land in ways that methodically kept certain territorial areas from uniting to form large‚ possibly powerful countries. Nonetheless‚ people across Europe fought for unification. For some – like Italy – unification meant unifying
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