History Germany Flashcards

1
Q

why did the chancellor of austria
Klemens von metternich not want to see. germany unfied

A

he was afraid of a revolt

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2
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what did the austrian confederation convince the german states apart of it to

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pass censorship laws called karlsbald decrees

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3
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what laws were passed in 1832

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the six acts which were thighter censorship

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4
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what did Fredrick William the 4th do when he became king of prussia

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realsed political prisoners and and abolished cencornship (after 3 years he undoes it)

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5
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what did prussia do in 1819

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start the Prussian Customs Union wich meant all international customs barriers were disabled and there was standardized currency and weights used

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6
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what happened in 1848

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some small revolted and there were peacefull protests

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7
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what happened on march 18

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frendrick william accepted the idea of a new german constitution, shots were fired into the crowd and 300 rioters were killed

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8
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what did fredrick william do in responce to march 18th

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he sent out a leter called my dear berliners

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9
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what happened at the frankfurt assebley

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the assembly wanted Schleswig and Holstein to join new Germany but Denmark did not and started blockading german harbors

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10
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what happened after the assambelys falurie with denmark

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the people revolted and murdered 2

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11
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what did the frankfurt parilment try to do

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offer fredrick william the throne to germany

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12
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what did fredrick william respond to the offer of the crown

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he said no

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13
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what were the 2 coelitions in germany in 1850

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the Prussian dominated erfurt union and the frankfurt diet wich was Austrian dominated

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14
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what happpened at the treaty of olmutz

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a area in the erfurt union requested help with an uprising from austria. Erfurt sent. troops as well as frankfurt and erfurt had to back down because of threat of russian involment.

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15
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what did prussia do in response to the treaty of olmutz

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dissolve the erfurt union

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16
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what did the cheif minister do to strenghten prussia

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improve living conditions, increased censorship, increase industial production and trade.

17
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how did bismarck bring about austrias defeat in 1866

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he took controll of the army,built good relations with russia,he tricked austria into giving him danish land,Austria was dealing with revolts in italy,he ensured the army had money, made prussian railoads making them faster

18
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How did bismarck bring about frances defeat in 1870

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uspet napollean the 3rd over the sale of luxemborg, persuaded leopold wilhelms cousin to take the throne of spain but he was too scared,altered wilhelms letter and published it to start a fight with france,had better railroads for faster mobilization

19
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how was bismarck responsible for the unification of germany

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put prussia in a dominant postioin,built up relations with neighboring countries, ensured prussia was in a better postion than austria,manipulated sitiuations to portay the other country as the agressor,with france attacking states helped prussia and that helped make the states into a postion where they have to stay togheter