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Nationalism: Italy and Germany

Nationalism: Italy and Germany. Nationalism. People who share a common language, a common soil, common traditions, a common history, a common culture, and a shared human experience seek to create political unity around an identity of who or what constitutes a nation WHAT??

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Nationalism: Italy and Germany

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  1. Nationalism: Italy and Germany

  2. Nationalism • People who share a common language, a common soil, common traditions, a common history, a common culture, and a shared human experience seek to create political unity around an identity of who or what constitutes a nation • WHAT?? • Extreme patriotism combined with individual feeling as part of a collective consciousness (US v. THEM) • Why is nationalism so important to study???

  3. Italian Unification: 1861 • Giuseppe Mazzini: Created Young Italy in 1831 • Risorgimento: the resurgence of Italian nationalism and culture. • In 1859, Camillo di Cavour (skilled diplomat and prime minister) led Sardinia-Piedmont (with the support of King Victor Emmanuel II) and other northern Italian states in a rebellion against Austrian domination • French also helped against the Austrians= French got Nice and Savoy • Popular revolts led by Giuseppe Garibaldi (popular mercenary) broke out in several southern provinces and proved successful. • Under Cavour's guidance, Lombardy, Naples, Sicily, and other duchies elected to annex themselves to Sardinia-Piedmont in 1860 under the rule of Victor Emmanuel II, who proclaimed the creation of a unified Italy the following year with a constitution and himself as head of state. • The last provinces to join the new nation were Venice in 1866 and the Papal States in 1870.

  4. Nationalist Movements in Europe • Germany gained independence and was unified in 1871 • Otto von Bismarck (Prussian chancellor) “Blood and Iron” • Defeat of Austria and France

  5. Zionism in Europe • Zionism: The movement to create a Jewish state • Success of European nationalism transforms prayer for Israel into a movement for it • Nationalism prompts persecution of outsiders • Theodore Herzl: the founder and visionary • Not all Jews supported the hope of Israel

  6. Resources • "German unification." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2012. • "Italian Unification, 1858-1870." Map. World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2012. • "Italian unification." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2012. • "Young Italy." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.

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