Germany
In 1871 German nationalists celebrated the birth of the 2nd Reich, this was the first Reich.
What was the Holy Roman Empire?
Two independent kingdoms ruled by one emperor.
What is Dual Monarchy?
The Ottoman Empire was being pulled apart, earning this nickname.
What is "Sick Man of Europe"?
Founder of young Italy, helps to set up a revolutionary republic in Rome in 1849.
Who was Giuseppe Mazzini?
This war came about after Russia tried to seize Ottoman lands along the Danube River. Britain and France stepped in.
What was the Crimean War?
Otto Van Bismark edited a telegram reporting on a meeting between Wilhelm I and a French ambassador, making it seem as if the king were insulting the French. Starting this war.
What is Franco-Prussian War?
Dynasty that ruled Austria for 400 years.
What is Habsburg?
A complex series of crisis and wars. Several wars between Russia and the Ottomans, sometimes France and Britain joined Russia and sometimes they joined the Ottomans. All the while the subject peoples revolted and then fought among themselves. Ugg!! What were these wars called.
What is the Balkan Wars?
In 1859, he provokes a war with Austria after secret negotiations with Napoleon III, who promised aid to Sardinia.
Who was Camillo Cavour?
His reign freed the serfs and set up local governments. He had the same pattern of reform and oppression, as his father and grandfather.
Who was Alexander II?
He delivered his "blood and iron" speech in 1862, determined to build a unified and strong German state, with Prussia at its head.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
This 18 year old inherited the Hapsburg throne at 18. He ruled a dual monarchy and was the second to last Hapsburg.
Who was Francis I ( Francis Joseph)?
During the period between the Balkan Wars through WWI, the Balkans had a nickname. This.
What was the powder keg of Europe?
He invaded Sicily with 1,000 Red Shirt volunteers and captured Naples.
Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?
Elected assembly's called this, were made responsible for matters such as road repair, schools, and agriculture.
What is zemstvos?
He said, "There is only one master in the Reich, and that is I.", When he made Bismark resign in 1890.
Who was Wilhelm II?
Leader of Hungary that helped work out the compromise of an Austria-Hungary Dual Monarchy.
Who was Ferene Deak( with an accent mark on the a)
In the 1830s, Serbia achieved autonomy and Greeks achieve this. ( freedom from control by an external power)
What is Independence?
Garibaldi turns over Naples and Sicily to him, and he is crowned king in 1870.
Who is Victor Emmanuel II?
Railroad running from West Russia to Far East Russia.
What is Trans-Siberian Railroad?
To make Catholics put loyalty to the state a head of allegiance to the church, Bismark launched this, meaning "battle for civilization".
What is the Kulturkampf?
What empire did the Hapsburgs rule for almost 400 years before Napoleon dissolved it.
What was the Holy Roman Empire?
Ruler of Turkey During the dismantling of to he Ottoman Empire.
Who was Abdul Hamid II
hostility between Italy and the Pope divided the nation. The hostility was caused by this.
What is The seizure of the Papal States?
War in 1904 over a conflict of interest regarding the Korean peninsula.
What is Russo-Japanese War?