Nationalism Realpolitick And Realism Flashcards
(34 cards)
Hired by Napoleon to oversee vast project to redesign Paris
Barren George Haussmann
The new president of the second French Republic and 1848
Napoleon the third
Haussma redesign policies included
Wider avenues and Large parks
Effects of Haussmann rebuilding of tears
Transformed paris into a symbol of prosperity and greatness, Made it harder for rioters blockade the streets
Causes of the Crimean war
Tsar Nicholas the first saw an opportunity dominate turkey, Austria felt threatened by Russia’s expansion into the Balkans
Consequences of the Crimean war
Alexander the second of Russia had to launch an ambitious program to reform
Alexander the seconds reforms in 1850 included
The emancipation of the serfs, the creation of the zemstovos
Freed serfs under the Reformation of Alexander the second
Emancipation edict of1861
Zemstovos
A system of local and regional self-government through elected assemblies
Italian unification in 1850 failed due to
Lack of support for a rally for a republic
The young Italy movement of 1850
Failed attempt to rally support to make a republic
Realpolitik
“The politics of reality”, A combination of power politics and secret diplomacy
Creator of realpolitik
Cavour
Cavour’s economic plan did what for piedmont
Built railroads, expanded commerce And modernized Piedmont’s army
Franco Piedmont alliance
Cavour’s alliance with Napoleon III to drive Austria out of northern Italy
Giuseppe garibaldi and Cavour agreed that Italy should
Be freed from foreign control
In may of 1860 Garibaldi’s red shirts
Successfully invaded and liberated the kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Obstacles to the unification of Germany in 1860
Germany was politically divided, French foreign policy continued to support German rivalries while opposing German unity
Master of realpolitik
Otto Von Bismarck
William I’s prime minister in 1862
Otto Von Bismarck
Bismarck “the great questions of our day cannot be solved by speeches and majority votes but by…”
Blood and iron
In the 1860’s Bismarck’s main goal was to
Strengthen Prussia
Bismarck thought liberalism was
Frivolous and misguided
Consequences for Bismarck’s war with Denmark in 1864
Bismarck begin to eliminate Austria from German affaires