chapter 24 questions Flashcards
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List 3 reasons why Louis Napoleon Bonaparte won the French presidential elections of 1848
- had the name of his uncle 2. middle-class and peasant property owners feared the socialist challenge of urban workers, and wanted a tough ruler to provide protection 3. had a “positive” program for France, which had been explain in pamphlets before the election and which guided him through his reign
what did Louis Napoleon do when the National Assembly failed to cooperate?
conspired with army officers and on 12/2/1851 he dismissed the Assembly and seized power in a coup d’etat
Louis Napoleon was procliaimed
Emperor Napoleon III
Louis Napoleon’s greatest success was with the
economy
Prior to 1850 had Italy become united
no
what did Metternich call Italy
a geographical expression
What were the 3 approaches to unifying Italy?
- Guiseppe Mazzini preached centralized democratic republic based on universal male suffrage 2. Vincenzo Gioberti, priest, called for federation under the presidency of a progressive pope 3. program of those who looked for leadership to the autocratic kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont
Who was the dominant figure in the Sardinian government from 1850-1861
Cavour
Who did Cavour make an alliance with to try and drive Austria out of Northern Italy
Napoleon III
What happened as a result of the Franco-Sardinian War against Austria?
Sardinia only gained Lombardy from Austria
What decision did central italy make?
join a greatly enlarged kingdom of Sardinia under Victor Emmanuel
Who were the “Red Shirts”?
guerrila army of Giuseppe Garibaldi
The new kingdom of Italy became a ____________ under Victor Emmanuel
parliamentary monarchy
Explain the role of the Zollverein in German Unification
Prussia’s leading role within the Zollverein gave it a valuable advantage in its struggle against Austria’s supremacy
What did Bismarck say about parliamentary consent
government would rule without parliamentary consent, instead by “blood and iron”
Explain the Schleswig-Holstein affair
two provinces that belonged to Denmark were part of the German Confederation, and Austria and Prussia allied together and went to war against the Danish King when he tried to reclaim them
Describe the Austro-Prussian War
war of 1866 that ended with a Prussian victory, Austria paid no reparations but Venetia was ceded to Italy. The German Confederation was dissolved and Austria withdrew from German affairs,and the remaining principalities formed the new North German Confederation
Who became leader of the North German Confederation?
William I, Bismarck as chancellor
What was the final act in German Unification?
Franco-Prussian War
Where was William I proclaimed emperor of Germany?
Hall of Mirrors, Versailles
What rich French province was ceded to Germany
Alsace and part of Lorraine
What was the Homestead Act?
result of the american civil war that gave land to settlers
define “manifest destiny”
idea that america was destined to colonize the continent, provoking nationalism
modernization
the changes that enable a country to compete effectively with the leading countries at a given time
