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The Founding of a German Empire

Key Historical Impacts on Twentieth Century History. The Founding of a German Empire. Revolutions The Frankfurt Assembly No Power=Failure. Die Macht . 1848. telegraph and railroads Unification of Germany Iron advantages of unity. 1850-1870: Industrialization .

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The Founding of a German Empire

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  1. Key Historical Impacts on Twentieth Century History The Founding of a German Empire

  2. Revolutions The Frankfurt Assembly No Power=Failure. Die Macht 1848

  3. telegraph and railroads Unification of Germany Iron advantages of unity 1850-1870: Industrialization

  4. The Four Great Powers Prussian Army Parliament Liberals VS Junkers Prussia in the 1860’s: Bismarck

  5. Otto von Bismarck • New Chief Minister • Realpolitik • “The Enemy of today might be the friend of tomorrow” • “Not by speeches and majority votes are the great questions of the day decided-that was the error of 1848 and 1849-but by blood and iron”. 1862

  6. 1864: The Schleswig-Holstein Question Denmark The German Confederation Austria gets involved. How? Disputes between Prussia and Austria. Bismarck’s Wars: the North German Confederation, 1867

  7. Austrian Aggression needle gun Who wins? German Federal Union 1866: The Austro-Prussian War

  8. North German Confederation What happened to the size of Prussia? How many joined the federation? 1867: The North German Federation

  9. What did Bismarck want? Spain in 1870: The new provisional government. Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern Benedetti “Ems Dispatch” July 19, 1870 1870: The Franco-Prussian War

  10. September 2, 1870 September 4, 1870 The 3rd Republic The siege of Paris 1870: The Franco-Prussian War

  11. January 18, 1871 Versailles The German Empire Alsace and Lorraine 1871 http://maps.google.com/maps

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