He sought and got the title "Protector of Ottoman Christians"
Who is Napoleon III?
This prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia cultivated a friendship with Napoleon III
Who is Cavour?
King William I of Prussia was proclaimed Emperor of Germany inside this famous palace in 1871
What is Versailles?
Bismarck left school persuaded that this was the most "rational" form of government, even though his sentiments led him to prefer something different
What is a republic?
Bismarck edited this so that it would serve as "a red rag upon the Gallic bull"
What is the Ems telegram?
This place was the site of a long siege and Russian naval base during the Crimean War
What is Sevastopol?
According to the terms of this, Napoleon III would intervene on behalf of Piedmont-Sardinia in the event of war against Austria
What is the Plombieres Agreement?
A mix of Germans and Danes lived in this territory, which Denmark attempted to fully incorporate into its kingdom
What is Slesvig-Holstein?
Bismarck's historical sympathies lay "on the side of" this, and against the likes of Brutus and William Tell
What is authority?
What is culpable, a culprit, deserving of punishment?
This country's neutrality was seen as a betrayal of the Holy Alliance by Russia
What is Austria?
Not willing to see the new Italy grow too powerful too fast, Napoleon III sent French troops to this city
What is Rome?
Contrary to Bismarck's advice, this territory was taken in the third and final war that led to German unification
Alsace-Lorraine
Bismarck could not accept Gerlach's distinction between these two kinds of regimes
What are "legitimate" and "revolutionary"?
This French ambassador to Prussia rudely confronted Prussia's king William I while he was on vacation
Who is Benedetti?
In this the poet Tennyson's story of heroism displayed in the carrying out of a mistaken order
What is "The Charge of the Light Brigade?"
This fighter was known as "The Hero of Two Worlds"
Who is Garibaldi?
Of the three wars that led to German unification, only this war did not result in new territory for Prussia or for the new German Empire
What is the Austro-Prussian War?
Bismarck criticized as naive the belief of some Prussians that this country was Prussia's truest friend
What is Austria?
Bismarck and his dinner guests were dejected to hear that this person had turned down the throne of Spain
Who is Leopold?
This war-ending agreement cleared the Russian navy from the Black Sea
What is the Peace of Paris?
The kingdom of Sicily in southern Italy was added to the new united Kingdom of Italy thanks to this military undertaking
What is the Expedition of the Thousand?
Napoleon III was captured at this battle
What is Sedan?
A close and honest look at history, Bismarck told Gerlach, revealed that practically every regime was this in its origin
What is revolutionary?
Bismarck thought Prussia should accept Austria's peace offer, which included an agreement to withdraw from this political entity
What is the German Confederation?