PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BALKINS
Region that included most of the present-day Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, and former Yougoslavia
BLOOD AND IRON
"Blood and Iron" was the speech that Otto Von Bismarck gave with the belief that a strong industry and military was needed in a country to have success. The blood represented the military while the iron represented the industry of Germany
CAMILLO DI CAVOUR
Prime minister of the Independent Italian State of Piedmont who organized the effort to drive Austria out of all of the Norther Italian States
CHANCELLOR
Chief minister of Germany
CHARLES X
King of France was determine to restore much absolutism as possible. He was restored to power by the Congress of Vienna. His conservative actions prompted his overthrow in 1830
CONGRESS OF VIENNA
A meeting of European leaders in Vienna Austria whose goal was to return all lands back to their countries and return power back to the royal families bringing back the Monarchy system
CONSERVATIVES
People who are against change and hold to traditional values and attitudes
GIUSEPPE GARABALDI
Revolutionary leader in the Southern Italian states whose military tactics were superior to those of his opponents. He was a key leader in the unification process of the nation of Italy
GUERILLA WARFARE
Type of fighting in which soldiers use swift hit-and-run attacks against the enemy
JUNKER
A powerful class of landed aristocrats in Prussia who supported Bismarck's plan for the unification of Germany. Bismarck was a Junker
KAISER
German translation for the Latin word Caesar
LIBERALS
People who are open to new ideas and are willing to move away from tradition
LOUIS-NAPOLEON
Nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte was elected president of France. Took title of Emperor Napoleon III, taking advantage of the political instability of France. He stabilized and industrialized France
LOUIS-PHILIPPE
King who replaced Charles x in France, he lost popularity with the people of France and was overthrown in favor of a republic
MILITARISM
The building-up of a country's military and to use the military to gain the maintain political and economic strength
NATIONALISM
Is the cultural identity of people. The people ah e pride in their own country based on shared customs, common cultural practices, religion, language, ethnicity and common history
OTTO VON BISMARCK
Chancellor of Prussia who led the unification process using militarism and "Blood &Iron"
RADICALS
People who want a total and complete change is social and political reform
REALPOLITIK
"Realistic politics," which means a political and military leader does whatever it takes to reach their goal
SEVEN WEEKS WAR
In 1866 Bismarck provoked Austria into declaring war on Prussia, and then in very efficient manner Prussia, with the use of new technology, shocked the world by quickly defeating Austria in seven weeks
UNIFICATION
Bring together of many independent states into one country or nation using nationalism as the motivation
VICTOR EMMANUEL
Was the king of the Piedmont, the independent Northern Italian state. When the northern and southern states voted to unite be was named King under a constitutional monarchy
WILHILM I
Was the king of Prussia, the northern German state that led unification. He took the title of Kaiser under the United Germany/