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The Unification of Italy and Germany

The Unification of Italy and Germany. In this lesson, students will be able to identify the actions of the following individuals as well as define the term “Blood and Iron”: Count Cavor Giuseppe Garibaldi Otto Von Bismarck “Blood and Iron”. Nationalism is the belief that each ethnic

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The Unification of Italy and Germany

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  1. The Unification of Italy and Germany In this lesson, students will be able to identify the actions of the following individuals as well as define the term “Blood and Iron”: Count Cavor Giuseppe Garibaldi Otto Von Bismarck “Blood and Iron” E. Napp

  2. Nationalism is the belief that each ethnic group should have its own national state and government. For centuries, Italy had consisted of smaller states. Italians wanted unification. E. Napp

  3. In 1852, Count Cavour became the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont or Sardinia. With French help, Cavour drove the Austrians out of Northern Italy after a war in 1859. E. Napp

  4. Cavour then annexed most of the other states of northern and central Italy. E. Napp

  5. The nationalist leader, Giuseppe Garibaldi, overthrew the king of Naples in the south. He then joined Naples to Cavour’s enlarged Piedmont. E. Napp

  6. By 1860, Italy had become a united kingdom. E. Napp

  7. National unification failed to end the cultural and economic divisions that separated Italy’s north and south. E. Napp

  8. Like Italy, Germany consisted of many smaller states. German liberals had failed to unite their nation in the revolutions of 1848. E. Napp

  9. Prussia was one of the largest German states. Its Prime Minister, Otto von Bismarck, used skillful diplomacy and Prussian military power to achieve German unification. E. Napp

  10. Otto von Bismarck followed a policy of “blood and iron” to achieve his goals. E. Napp

  11. “The greatest questions of the day will not be settled by speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.” Otto von Bismarck E. Napp

  12. Germany achieved unification in 1871. The Prussian king became the Kaiser (emperor) of all Germany. E. Napp

  13. Although there was a national assembly, it was controlled by conservative Prussian landowners, not the working people. E. Napp

  14. Questions for Reflection: • Define nationalism. • Who was Count Cavour and what did he do? • How did Giuseppe Garibaldi help Count Cavour? • Why did Otto von Bismarck believe in a policy of “blood and iron”? • Describe German unification. E. Napp

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