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THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM Nationalism - pride in one’s country and its
independence Napoleon spread this idea to all of Europe
People began to want to unify their lands in to nations (Italy & Germany)
Congress of Vienna 1815: International Conference called to
remake Europe after Napoleon GOAL: to create a balance of power & preserve
peace by putting down all nationalist movements
ITALY
In the 1800s Italy was a number of city-states
4 men fought to rid Italy of foreign rule
Italian Unification
Giuseppe Mazzini- father of Italian nationalism
Founder of Young Italy Secret nationalist
society
Italian Unification
Camilo di Cavour Persuaded
Napoleon III to fight against Austria in order to free Lombardy
Freed land was transferred to Italy
Italian Unification
Giuseep Garibaldi Member of Young
Italy Leads a volunteer
army known as Red Shirts Won control of
Southern Italy
United Italy
A united Italy was formed in 1861
Victor Emmanuel as King Missing Rome and
Venetia
Germany At the beginning of the 1800s Germany was a
collection of 100s of independent states Napoleon reduced the number of states
Called the Rhine Conferedation Two largest states Prussia and Austria
GERMANY
Germany was united by Count Otto von Bismarck of Prussia in 1871 Title of Chancellor
“The great questions of our day, cannot be settled by speeches and majority votes, but by blood and iron”
Results of Nationalism Nationalism will plague large empires since
the ethnic groups wanted their freedom European nations were at war in Africa and
Asia because they all wanted colonies by the end of the 1800s most nations had
created large armies and navies
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