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Germany
Italy
Old Empires
100
Prussian chancellor who was successful in uniting Germany.
Who is Otto von Bismarck
100
The German word for emperor
What is Kaiser?
100
The dominant European power in 1871
What is Germany?
100
Camillo Cavour's biggest goal was to end this country's control in Italy.
What is Austria
100
The ruling family of Austria who were also the oldest ruling house in all of Europe.
Who are the Hapsburgs?
200
Sardinian prime minister who worked to end Austrian power in Italy
Who is Camillo Cavour
200
The German word for Empire
What is Reich?
200
Membership in this house of the German legislature was determined by a vote of all male citizens.
What is Reichstag?
200
The biggest obstacle to Italian unification.
What are regional loyalties?
200
The two countries that make up the Dual Monarchy.
What are Austria and Hungary?
300
Former Kaiser of Germany who believed his right to rule came directly from God.
Who is William II
300
Bismarck introduced these kinds of programs to appeal to the socialists and avoid a socialist revolution.
What is social welfare?
300
Bismarck's program to reduce the power of the Catholic Church.
What is Kulturkampf?
300
A group of Italian nationalists led by Giuseppe Garibaldi who took control of Sicily.
What are "red shirts"
300
Nationalism in this important region led to the fall of the Ottoman empire.
What are the Balkans?
400
Italian nationalist who recruited 1,000 red-shirted volunteers to win control of Sicily.
Who is Giuseppe Garibaldi
400
Practiced by Bismarck and Cavour, this a political theory that is guided by the needs of the state.
What is Realpolitik?
400
This German emperor asked Bismarck to resign because he wanted no rivals.
Who is William II?
400
One of the two major areas of southern Italy that were turned over to Victor Emmanuel by Giuseppe Garibaldi.
What are Sicily and Naples?
400
By the mid 1800s, other European countries saw this empire as the "sick man of Europe".
What is the Ottoman Empire?
500
Austrian emperor who ruled over the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary until 1916.
Who is Francis Joseph
500
Bismarck was named this official term, the highest official of a monarch.
What is chancellor?
500
An economic system promoting German unity by removing trade barriers in German states.
What is Zollverein?
500
The form of government Italy took after unification
What is constitutional monarchy?
500
The Hapsburg Empire under Francis I and Clemens von Metternich was very conservative, even outlawing the use of this word.
What is constitution.