Germany
Who was the chancellor of Germany whose "Blood and Iron" ideology led to the unification of his country?
Otto Von Bismarck
Which Italian nationalist leader is known as "the Sword" due to his military contributions to the unification of Italy?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
True or False: Great Britain was the first European power to abolish the slave trade.
True. Great Britain abolished the slave trade on March 25, 1807 (that's today!) and abolished slavery in 1833.
Which two states made up the Dual Monarchy?
Austria and Hungary
In 1861, Tsar Alexander II, among several other reforms, agreed to emancipate the ________
serfs
Which of the following nations did Prussia and Otto Von Bismarck NOT fight a war against: Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, France
Great Britain
Count Camillo di _________ was the prime minister of Sardinia who unified many northern Italian states in the 1850s.
Cavour
Which of the following refers to a series of laws that imposed high tariffs (taxes) on imported grains in Britain: Potato Laws, Wheat Laws, Barley Laws, Corn Laws
Corn Laws
Who became the emperor of Austria in 1848 at 18 years old and would rule the Dual Monarchy until 1916?
Francis Joseph
These were the violent mob attacks against Jewish people in Russia.
Pogroms
In 1871, who became the kaiser (emperor) of Germany?
William I
Establishing the secret society "Young Italy" in the 1830s, this Italian leader inspired a generation of nationalists who dreamed of a united, Republican Italy.
Giuseppe Mazzini
What does Irish Home Rule refer to?
Increased self-government (or independence) of Ireland from Great Britain.
This ethnic group was the strongest in Hungary
Magyars
Russia's loss in which war revealed the country's inefficiency and backwardness?
Crimean War
What was the name of OVB's "battle for civilization," in which he limited the powers of the Catholic Church in Germany?
Kulturkampf
This was the colorful nickname of Garibaldi's volunteer nationalist soldiers who fought through Southern Italy in the early 1860s.
the "Red Shirts"
The Second Reform Act and the Third Reform Act are laws that expanded what kinds of rights in Great Britain?
Voting (or suffrage)
Which Hungarian leader was central to the creation of the the Dual Monarchy?
Francis (Ferenc) Deak
This word refers to the vast size of Russia. It was a giant country with immense natural resources.
Colossus
Established by a new constitution drafted by OVB in the early 1870s, what was the name of the lower house of the German legislature?
the Reichstag
Which European superpower did Cavour ally himself with to aid in his fight against Austria to annex states in Northern Italy?
France
In 1845, which crop failed in Ireland and resulted in several years of famine?
The oldest ruling family in Europe, which dynasty was Francis Joseph a member of?
the Hapsburgs
As a part of his reforms after the Crimean War, Alexander II established small elected assemblies that governed on the local level and maintained schools, roads, and agriculture. These were called ___________.
zemstvos