Napoleon and Germany
After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, there are only _____ territories.
30
All of the following are true of Prussia EXCEPT for:
•Largest, most dominant German state
•Had the most powerful military
•Primitive society
•Powerful, influential leaders
Primitive Society; it had a strong, industrial society
The politics of realism, or _______________, meant that power was superior to the principle of politics in Germany.
Realpolitik (ray AHL poh lee teek)
Now unified, this period in German history was known as the
Second Reich
Like any other industrializing society, Germany had an abundance of these two natural resources:
Coal and iron
TRUE or FALSE: All Germans welcomed Napoleon with open arms and thought he was the key to unifying Germany.
False
Bismarck was appointed by this Prussian leader:
Wilhelm I
Bismarck believed _________________, or the glorification of war and the military, would be his ticket to unifying Germany.
Militarism
In Bismarck's unified Germany, the two house legislate consisted of a lower house known as the:
Reichstag
TRUE or FALSE: The German work force was educated and disciplined to work, thus creating an inefficient, failing economy.
False; it was productive, efficient, and prosperous.
Under Napoleon, German states were organized into:
The Rhine Confederation
Smaller German states feared Prussia because they feared loosing their:
Cultural uniqueness
Bismarck thought that if Prussia had a well-equipped, powerful military, he could pursue what?
In Bismarck's unified Germany, the two house legislate consisted of a upper house known as the:
Bundesrat
The Deutsche Mark
Between 1806 and 1812, Napoleon annexed land along this river
Rhine River
A Native Prussian, Otto von Bismarck served as a diplomat in these two countries:
Russia and France
The Franco-Prussian War was fought because of a dispute over:
Who should be King of Spain
The goal of Kulturkampf for Bismarck was to:
make Catholics align themselves with the state first, instead of the Church
How did Germany change economically following unification?
economic growth as Germany caught up with other European industrial economies
single form of currency
growth in production steel and coal
What two ideas did Napoleon bring to Germany:
revolution and nationalism
The two principles that Bismarck believed would unite the German people were:
‘blood and iron’ (warfare and the military)
What singular event marked the unification of Germany?
Peace Treaty signed after the Franco-Prussian War on January 18, 1871.
After unifying, the German government took on a __________ form of government, where state and national government shared power under one leader.
Federalist
How did Germany change politically after unification?
•new alliances with other nations
•Kulturkampf limited influence of Catholic Church
•vote was given to all men over 25
•political parties developed