Lesson 2 - Triumph of Democratic Nationalism Unit 7

Reasons for greater unification among the United States following the Civil War included ____________.

- the elimination of divisions over slavery between the North and South -more clearly defined states' rights - the strengthening of the federal government

Realpolitik

Politics based on practical concerns rather than on ethics or morality.

Otto van Bismarck

Prussian Chancellor that helped unify Germany; practitioner of Realpolitik

Why was Camillo di Cavour important to the Italian unification?

Succeeded in making an alliance with France

Napoleon III

Surrendered to the Prussians in 1871; then another republic was established

In which country did the nationalist movement result in a dual monarchy?

Austria

William Wilberforce

Brought about the abolition of slavery in Britain

Who was the most important leader in the movement for Italian unification?

Camillo di Cavour

Freedoms granted to the serfs by __________ resulted in further problems because the good fertile land was not divided fairly.

Czar Alexander II

Plantation

Large farm in the southern states; large producer of cotton; laborers were slaves

King Victor Emmanuel II

Made King of unified Italy

Franco-Prussian War

Unified the German states and eventually led to the establishment of Germany

Crimean War

War fought over control of the lands between Russia and the Ottoman empire. Britain, France, Italy allied themselves with the Ottoman Empire to fight off Russian aggression