He came up in the Junker class and served as Prime Minister under Kaiser William I
Otto von Bismarck
Realistic policies based on the needs of the state
Realpolitik
This French ruler made important territorial changes to German speaking lands which began a cry for German unification.
Napoleon
Early 1800s - Germany was broken up into several small THIS
states
Enlightened thinker who believed the goal of government was to protect peoples' rights
John Locke
Otto von Bismarck served this country as a diplomat in Russia and France
Prussia
Economic union created by Prussia that dismantled tariff barriers between many German states
Zollverein
Prussia went to war with these three countries in a 10 year period.
Denmark, Austria, and France
This Frenchman's invasion will change these German territories
Napoleon
The leader of the Committee of Public Safety during the radical stage of the French Revolution
Maximilien Robespierre
Bismarck wanted to unite Germany using the policy of ______ and _______
Blood and Iron
January 1871 - German nationalists celebrated this, their new empire
The Second Reich
After a brief war with Denmark, Prussia and Austria "liberated" these two territories and divided the spoils between them.
Holstein and Schleswig
After Napoleon's defeat, this Congress created the German Confederation headed by Austria.
Congress of Vienna
The name of the machine that quickly cleaned and removed seeds from cotton
The Cotton Gin
Bismarck's loyalty was to this royal family of Prussia
Hohenzollerns
The name of the upper-house in the two house legislature. Appointed by the rulers of the German states.
Bundesrat
The goal of the Austro-Prussian War in the eyes of the Prussians was to dissolve and establish a new THIS...
German Confederation
The Congress of Vienna pointed out that if Germany was to be unified, each German state would have to dismantle THIS
Their government
This type of artwork features big, bold, colors often depicting angels and battles
Baroque
Bismarck earned this nickname after an impassioned speech regarding German unification
The Iron Chancellor
The lower-house of the two house legislature. Elected by universal male suffrage.
Reichstag
Bismarck was able to manipulate Napoleon III into declaring war on Prussia by releasing this, which showed King William I of Prussia "insulting" the French ambassador.
Edited telegram
This is why Frederick William I refused the crown in 1848 at the Frankfurt Assembly
Did not want a throne offered by "the people"
Revolutionaries in France, who favored more radical policies, were given this name due to the length of their long trousers.
Sans-Culottes