19th century leaders
the German president and foreign minister of Prussia who masterminded the unification of Germany.
who was otto van Bismarck?
a political ideology that believes that all humans should live free from government tyranny. they believed that people had to commit the "deed" in order to inspire revolutions against government.
a series of wars between different coalitions of European states against France lead by napoleon Bonaparte in the beginning of the 1800's.
the movement among European nations in which they competed to acquire colonies in Africa after Belgium acquired the lucrative rubber growing area of the Congo.
what is the scramble for Africa?
nation to the east of Europe often called the "sick man of Europe"
what was the ottoman empire?
the "citizen king" of France who took Over from Charles the tenth after July revolution.
who is louis Philip?
the ideology that developed in the 1800's that advocated for public ownership of the means of production.
what is socialism?
the war between France and Germany started by the discovery of the Ems telegram. orchestrated by otto van Bismarck in order to further his goals of complete German unification.
what is the franco-Prussian war?
a series of nationalistic revolutions against many European nations that lead to the downfall of Metternich and the conservative dominance of Europe.
what were the revolutions of 1848?
the monarchy that replaced Charles the tenth during the july revolution lead by louis Philip.
what was the July monarchy?
British liberal prime minister responsible for repealing the corn laws and reforming the criminal justice system.
who is Robert peel?
the ideology developed by Karl Marx during the 1800's when he looked back at history and saw a constant occurrence of class struggle.
what is scientific socialism?
what is the Crimean war?
the treaty that ended the Napoleonic wars and reinstated the French monarchy in order to maintain the principle of legitimacy in Europe.
what was the congress of Vienna?
unified by victor Emmanuel the second after a war with Austria over the area piedmont.
what is Italy?
king of Belgium whose actions in the African Congo lead to the scramble for Africa.
who is king Leopold the second?
an extreme form of patriotism that developed in the 1800's that lead to the unification of many European areas such as Germany and Italy as well as rebellions against monarchies in Europe.
what is nationalism?
Italy's war against Austria in order to obtain piedmont and further its goals of unification.
what is the third war for Italian independence?
what is the impressionist movement?
the nation that faced little threat of revolution in 1848 due to there history of gradual parliamentary reform.
what is England?
German philosopher who looked back onto history to develop a new form of socialism called scientific socialism.
who is Karl Marx?
the ideology put in place by the concert of Europe masterminded by the Austrian Metternich in order to suppress nationalist revolts and maintain the principle of ligitamacy.
what is conservatism?
what were the opium wars?
the event in which napoleon overthrew the directory and established himself as the despot of France.
what was napoleons coup d'état?
the multi-ethnic German dominated empire ruled by the Hapsburg royal family that failed to prevent the unification of Germany during the seven weeks war.
what was the Austrian empire?