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THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
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Moving Towards German Unification
  • The German Confederation was a weak alliance
    formed at the Congress of Vienna.
  • Otto von Bismarck
  • -Chancellor of Prussia
  • -United Germany under Prussian rule
  • -Blood and iron
  • -Used the system of Realpolitik
  • -Created a strong military

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A German Nation
  • William I becomes kaiser
  • Birth of the Second Reich
  • Bismark drafts a constitution and sets up a
    2-house legislature
  • Emperor and Chancellor had the most power

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  • After unification, Germany became an industrial
    giant
  • Bismarck had campaigns that opposed Catholics and
    Socialists in Germany
  • Both campaigns backfired
  • William II
  • -Became kaiser after his grandfather
  • -Created programs for social welfare (programs to
    help out the people)
  • -Removed Bismarck from office
  • -Ruler when WWI began

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Unifying Italy
  • Italy had not been unified since the Roman Empire
  • Italy was left divided after the Congress of
    Vienna
  • Giuseppe Mazzini- Founded the secret nationalist
    society called Young Italy. Spent much of life
    in exile.
  • Camillo Cavour- Became prime minister of Italy
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi- United Sicily and Naples with
    his group of 1,000 Red Shirts. He is called
    the Sword of Italian Unification.

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Emmanuel II
  • Became King of Italy
  • Constitutional Monarchy
  • Some anarchists in Italy
  • Anarchists- People who want no gov.

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Problems in Russia
  • By 1815, Russia was the largest nation in Europe
    in size and people
  • Most people in Russia were peasant serfs.

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Alexander II
  • Tsar of Russia
  • Was the ruler during the Crimean War
  • Crimean War
  • -Russia vs. England and France
  • -Invasion of Crimean Peninsula
  • -Russia was defeated
  • -Showed how primitive Russia was

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  • In 1861, Alexander II passed a reform of
    emancipation, which freed the serfs.
  • Many former serfs worked in factories or tried to
    run their own farms
  • Alexander II also set up zemstvos, which were
    elected assemblies that were responsible for
    things like roads, schools, and farms.
  • Alexander II was assassinated by terrorists.

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Persecution!
  • In Russia, the Tsar tried to keep unity by
    insisting that the only language would be Russian
    and that the only church would be the Russian
    Orthodox Church
  • Pogroms-Violent mob attacks on Jews
  • Many Jews left Russia and became refugees

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Bloody Sunday
  • Hundreds of protesters marched to the Tsars
    Winter Palace in St. Petersburg
  • Troops were called out
  • Almost 1,000 were killed
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