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UNIFICATIONOF GERMANY
1815-1871
GERMAN REACTION TO FRENCH DOMINATION
BECAME VERY NATIONALISTICGERMAN THINKERS HELD THATA. GERMANS WERE DIFFERENT
FROM WESTERN EUROPEANSB. GERMANS WERE DESTINED TO
WORK OUT A PARTICULARLY GERMAN WAY OF LIFE
C. GERMANS WERE DESTINED TO WORK OUT A PARTICULARLY GERMAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
GERMANS FELT SUPERIOR TO THE SLAVS
THE GERMAN PHILOSOPHER HEGEL
A. GLORIFY GROUP ACTIVITIESB. GLORIFY COLLECTIVIST
PRINCIPALSC. GLORIFY THE STATED. GREAT INTEREST IN HISTORYHISTORY-A VAST FORCE ALMOST
INDEPENDENT OF HUMAN BEINGS(HEGEL AND MARX)
OTTO VON BISMARCK
1815-1898 THE IRON
CHANCELLOR FOREIGN
MINISTER 1862-1890
“REFLECTIONS AND REMINISCENCES” 1898
BISMARCK JUNKER FROM BRANDENBURGGRUFF MANNERSNEVER LET WORLD OPINION STOP
WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS A CORRECT ACTION
CRITICISM AND DENUNCIATION NEVER BOTHERED HIM
OBSTINATEALL GERMANY WAS HIS
FATHERLAND
DID NOT TRUST OR UNDERSTAND WESTERN EUROPE
CONSIDERED PARLIAMENTARY BODIES IGNORANT AND IRRESPONSIBLE
CONSIDERED INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY SELFISH AND DISORDERLY
STRESSED DUTY, SERVICE,ORDER, AND FEAR OF GOD
CHAINED SMOKED CIGARS AND LOVED CHAMPAGNE
FAMOUS QUOTES “NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING
UNTIL IT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DENIED”
“LAWS ARE LIKE SAUSAGES. IT IS BETTER NOT TO SEE THEM BEING MADE”
“PEOPLE NEVER LIE SO MUCH AS BEFORE A HUNT, DURING A WAR, OR BEFORE AN ELECTION”
REALPOLITIK TERM COINED IN 1859 BY A
LIBERAL HISTORIAN ROCHAU TO DESCRIBE BISMARCK’S POLICY.
THE RUTHLESS PURSUIT OF SELF-INTEREST WAS THE ONLY REALISTIC OPTION FOR A GREAT STATE
DO ONLY WHAT IS IN THE INTEREST OF YOUR STATE AND YOUR STATE ONLY
BISMARCK’S WARS
1863 THE DANISH WAR OVER HOLSTEIN-SCHLESWIG
1866 THE SEVEN WEEKS WAR WITH AUSTRIA
1870 THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR WITH FRANCE
DANISH WAR1863-1864
START
DANISH WAR1863-1964THE END
RESULTS OF DANISH WAR PRUSSIA LOOKED LIKE THE
PROTECTOR OF GERMAN TERRITORY
HOLSTEIN-SCHLESWIG RECLAIMED
ISOLATED AUSTRIA BISMARCK IMPRESSED THE
GERMANS BY REFORMING THE GERMAN CONFEDERATION MAKING HIM LOOK MORE DEMOCRATIC
BISMARCK’S WARS
1866 THE SEVEN WEEKS WAR WITH AUSTRIA
SEVEN WEEKS WAR1866
THE START
SEVEN WEEKS WAR1866
THE END
RESULT OF THE SEVEN WEEKS WAR
AUSTRIA WAS HUMILIATED PRUSSIA ANNEXED1.HOLSTEIN-SCHLESWIG2.HANOVER3.NASSAU4.HESSE-CASSEL5.FRANKFURT ITALY ANNEXED VENETIA
PRUSSIAN POLITICAL REFORM
CREATION OF THE NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION PRUSSIA AND 21 OTHER STATES
CONSTITUTION STATED1.KING OF PRUSSIA THE HEAD2.PARLIAMENT OF 2 CHAMBERSA. UPPER=REPRESENTED THE STATESB. LOWER(REICHSTAG) PEOPLE ELECTED WITH UNIVERSAL MALE SUFFERAGE
BISMARCK’S WARS
1870 THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR WITH FRANCE
REASONS FOR THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
NAPOLEON III BELIEEVD A WAR WITH PRUSSIA, IF SUCCESSFUL, WOULD RESTORE THE PUBLIC APPROVAL OF HIS GOVERNMENT
BISMARCK BELIEVED A WAR WITH FRANCE WOULD CAUSE THE SOUTH GERMAN STATES TO JOIN PRUSSIA
CAUSE THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT
INVITED LEOPOLD(KING OF PRUSSIA’S COUSIN) TO BE THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH OF SPAIN
FRANCE DEMANDED THAT HE WITHDRAW HIS NAME AND THEN LATER DEMANDED THAT AT NOT TIME WOULD A HOHENZOLLERN BECOME KING OF SPAIN
EMS TELEGRAM
FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR JULY 15, 1870 WAR DECLARED BY
FRANCE SEPT.1 1870 BATTLE OF SEDAN
NAPOLEON III CAPTURED FRENCH SURRENDER
SEPT 20 BEGINNING OF SIEGE OF PARIS
JAN.18 1871 PARIS SURRENDERSMAY 10,1871 TREATY OF
VERSAILLES(FRANKFURT) SIGNED
FRANCO-PRUSSIANWAR 1870
START
FRANCO-PRUSSIANWAR 1870THE END
TREATY OF VERSAILLES TREATY OF FRANKFURTKING OF PRUSSIA RECEIVED THE
HEREDITARY TITLE OF GERMAN EMPEROR
NAPOLEON III REMOVED AND FRANCE REQUIRED TO ELECT A REPUBLIC CONSTITUTENT ASSEMBLY BY UNIVERSAL MALE SUFFERAGE
FRANCE TO PAY WAR REPARATIONS OF 5 BILLION GOLD FRANCS
GERMANY TO OCCUPY PARTS OF FRANCE FOR A FEW YEARS
FRANCE LOOSES THE PROVINCES OF ALSACE AND LORRAINE
RESULTS OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF
GERMANYGERMANY NOW THE STRONGEST
STATE ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE
UNITED ALL GERMAN STATESGERMAN EMPIRE TOOK THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION
GERMANY NOW A MAJOR WORLD POWER
EUROPE1873
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