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Social Studies
Unification of Germany Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The most important German State was? | Prussia |
| Four factors that lead to Unification were? | Race, a sense of pride in national music and literature, nationalism, custom union Napoleonic Code of Laws |
| The first war for German Unification was? | Danish War |
| The goal of___________was to unify all German states into one super-power. | Chancellor Otto von Bismarck |
| The decisive battle of the Austrio-Prussian war was? | Battle of Sadowa |
| Why did other countries of Europe not want Germany to become a nation? | Other nations were afraid the balance of power would be upset if Germany united. |
| The factors that played against unification were? | large number of Germany states, confederations was working fine, religious differences, Opposition from European nations. |
| The Frankfurt Assembly was? | a meeting to discuss uniting all the German states to see how powerful Prussia was. |
| The Danish Constitution announced that these two provinces were now a part of Denmark. | Announce that the provinces of Holstein and Schleswig would be a part of Demark. |
| What two European nations stayed neutral during the Austrio-Prussian War? | Italy and France |
| Payments made by the loser of a war to the winner of the war are called ____. | Reparations |
| What was the immediate cause of the Austrio-Prussian war? | Prussia invades Holstein and took it away from Austria. |
| Prussia defeats Austria and the_________made the difference in the battle. | breech loaded gun |
| What was to cause of the Franco-Prussian War? | Prussia took over the thrown of Spain and France sent a dispatch to the Kaiser of Prussia explaining their concerns. The dispatch was intercepted by Bismarck and altered read the dispatch the war began. |
| What was the result of the Franco-Prussian War? | Germany states were united and the nation of Germany was formed. Frances lost the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany. Frances had to pay 5 billion francs in reoperations. |
| Extra Credit: Write a paragraph describing the factors for and against German Unification and why you think they worked for and against unification. | I think Germany went against unification because they thought that they were powerful enough to take on anyone. I think they liked unification because sometimes they may need help so they will ask but not for a whole lot. |