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Unification
german/italian
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Congress of Vienna | ended the napoleonic wars and established German Confederation. |
| German Confederation | loosely joined countries of germany under Austria. |
| Prussia (importance of in unification) | A strong political and influential are that sponsored many of the names responsible in german unification. |
| Otto von Bismarck | Chancellor who unified Germany. |
| Chancellor | high ranking official under King. |
| Realpolitik | putting the needs of the country above everything else, even if it means war. |
| Austro-Prussian War | after 7 weeks, prussia won. this allowed bismark to annex more land and help unify germany with prussia at its head. |
| Franco-Prussian War | caused by bismark tricking napoleon the 3rd into war lasted short time and created the German Empire. |
| William I | Crowned Kaiser of the new empire if germany in jan,1871. |
| Kaiser | king |
| Second Reich | government |