Germany
More than any other figure, this Prime Minister orchestrated German Unification
who is Otto von Bismarck?
Upset with the course of the Franco-Prussian War, angry Parisians organized what?
This kingdom led Italian Unification in the 1800s.
What is the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia?
This family ruled the Austrian Empire
Who are the Habsburgs?
This island in the British Empire failed to achieve Home Rule in the nineteenth century, despite pressing for it since the 1860s
What is Ireland?
This powerful German state led German Unification
What is Prussia?
The Franco-Prussian War led to the dissolution of the Second French Empire. This government replaced it.
What is the Third Republic?
What is the Crimean War?
This ethnic group forced major concessions from the Habsburgs, including the creation of a dual monarchy
Who are the Magyars?
This 1867 act vastly expanded the franchise in Great Britain
What is the Second Reform Act?
What is the Franco-Prussian War?
In 1871, after the Franco-Prussian War, this army laid siege to Paris
What is the French Army?
This Prime Minister played a pivotal role in the unification of Italy
Who is Count Camillo Cavour?
Ethnic tensions in this region remained unresolved in the 19th century, and went on to cause massive unrest both regionally and globally up to the present
What are the Balkans?
Russians treated this region, once an independent territory, as Russian province.
What is Poland?
This carefully edited document offered the Prussians the necessary pretext to conduct war on France in 1870
What was the Ems Telegram?
The French army maligned and the Prussian army feared this early machine gun
What is the mitrailleuse?
This famous Italian Republican spent many years in exile, which helped make him famous in Europe and in the United States
Who is Giuseppe Garibaldi?
This was the name of the political body established by the Ausgleich of 1867
What is Austria-Hungary?
This conservative Prime Minister expanded the franchise, correctly gambling that the lower classes would support conservatives.
Who is Benjamin Disraeli?
Prussian forces captured the French Emperor at this battle
What was the Battle of Sedan?
What is the Chassepot?
This final holdout against Italian Unification would not settle with Italy until 1929
What is the Vatican?
This ethnic group pressed for "trialism," a three-headed monarchy
Who are the Czechs?
This Russian ruler was assassinated on March 1, 1881
Who is Tsar Alexander II?