What are the main country/empire that attend The Crimean War?
Ottoman Empire and Russia
Who is Camillo di Cavour?
The Italian leader who used diplomacy and alliances to unite northern Italy.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
This German chancellor used three wars to unify Germany under Prussian leadership.
Give an example of successful diplomatic character in Italian Unification
Cavour, uses realpolitik to gain huge benefit for Piedmont. Including control over most of northern Italy.
Who is Alfred Lord Tennyson?
He's a British poet who wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade," it is about the failed attack during the Crimean War.
Which agreement between Cavour and Napoleon III planned to provoke a war against Austria to further Italian unification?
The Pact of Plombières
What is Kulturkampf?
Bismarck’s policy of reducing Catholic influence in Germany, including expelling the Jesuits.
Which congress' goal is to stablize Balkan but eventually creates more struggles?
Congress of Berlin, this congress increased the tensions between Austria-Hungary and Russia
What is the Ottoman declaration of war on Russia?
This is the event that literally triggered the Crimean War which the Ottoman Empire refused to give out territory to Russia.
What is Cavour's diplomacy style like? What does it called?
Often dishonesty, it is called realpolitik, the practice of acting for political power rather than for a religious,moral, or ideological goal
What does the “iron and rye” tariff do?
protected German industries and farmers but was opposed by free-trade advocates
What is the Franco-Russian Alliance?
This 1894 alliance between France and Russia was a response to Germany’s growing power
Literally, what are the result of this war? Is the victory of the war brings benefit to the winning country?
Not only demonstrate the fact that Ottoman Empire has been weakened, but also shows how fall back Russia is compare to other European country. But later Russian empire started a series of reform program to improve the technology and communication of the country.
How does the unification completed
In 1861, Victor Emmanuel II was crowned king of a unified Italy. The country then established a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Rome was incorporated into Italy after Napoleon III pulled French troops out to fight in the Franco-Prussian War. In 1871, Rome was declared the capital of the newly united Italy, completing the unification process. 2 point been mentioned is okay
What is the Franco-Prussian War? Why is it important?
Because Bismarck provoked and won a short but deadly war with France. It's important as it led to the unification of Germany and the proclamation of the German Empire.
What is the Anglo-Russian Convention?
This 1907 agreement between Britain and Russia ended their rivalry in Central Asia and completed the Triple Entente (France, Russia, and the United Kingdom, a counterbalance to the growing power of the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy)), laid the fundations for future WWI's alliances