Breakdown of Empires
The war that broke up the Austrian empire into several separate nation states.
What is world war 1?
Forcing Russian culture on all the ethnic groups in the empire.
What is russification?
He was crowned Kaiser/emperor.
Who was King Wilhelm I of Prussia?
The five Great Powers in Europe.
What are Britain, France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia?
The majority of southern Germans were of this religion.
What is Catholic?
The policy that helped crumbled the Russian empire .
What is Russification?
Strongly conservative members of wealthy landowning class.
What are Junkers?
He was Sardinia’s king in 1852.
Who was King Emmanuel ॥?
The Great Power in Europe that gained leadership over Germany.
What is Prussia?
Border conflicts with Austria over Schleswig and Holstein provoked Austria to declare war on Prussia in 1866 known as this.
What is the Seven Weeks’ War?
This caused tension and weakened the Ottoman empire.
What is the Ottomans granted equal citizenship to all under their rule?
Tough power politics.
What is realpolitik?
He was the greatest and noblest of Germany’s statesmen.
Who was Otto von Bismarck?
The two Great Powers in Europe was the most powerful in 1871.
What are Britain and Germany/Prussia?
Had several advantages that led to a strong German state. Had a mainly German population and their army was the most powerful in central Europe.
What is Prussia?
He led the unification of Italy.
Who is Camillo di Cavour?
Emperor of Germany.
What is a kaiser?
He led a small army of Italian nationalists and he was a bold & visionary soldier.
Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?
Was crowned kaiser at the captured French palace.
Who is King Wilhelm I of Prussia?
With the king’s approval, Bismarck declared that he would rule without these two things.
What is the consent of Parliament and a legal budget?
This idea caused empires to unify or weaken.
What is Nationalism?
The process of being united or made into a whole.
What is unification?
He was the cunning statesman who worked tirelessly to expand Piedmont-Sardinia's power.
Who was Camillo di Cavour?
This empire was considered the first Reich in Germany.
What is The Holy Roman Empire?
These two countries formed an alliance and went to war against Denmark and won two border provinces, Schleswig and Holstein. Which increased national pride among them.
What is Prussia and Austria?