Questions+and+Answers

= ﻿ = 1. What events promoted German unity during the early 1800's? The Revolutions made them want to come together in 1848. The peasants, the middle class, and the rich were stuggling under the domination of the old elites. The liberal's and the socialist's had different views on how to unite them together.

2. Explain the difference between conservative and liberals during this time period. They had different views on how the government should be brought up. Also they never came to a compromise. The conservatives wanted everything to stay the same, but the liberals wanted change.

3. What was the Congress of Vienna? What is Balance of Power? How does this affect the German states? Congress of Vienna was a meeting held from September 1814 to June 1815, to restore the Balence of Power in Europe after the fall of French Emperor Napoleon I. Balence of Power disribes an equilibrium of social, politicial, and economic strangth that is safficiant enough to discourge or prevent one nation or group from imposing.

4. How does economic unity help bring about public unity? The people arent as economically distant. Also, all the Germans have a different form of currencey so they don't feel the same people, they feel like they're two different countries. If alll of the Germans have the same currencey they'd feel like the same people.

5. Explain realpolitik and provide examples of how Bismarck used that to his advantage. Realpolitik is a political approach that tries to achieve the interest of an individual or the state without thinking of what is considered to be normal. Bismarck cajoled, bribed, and lied his way to German unification. He made Germany a powerful Industry and military but he had secret plans for the future.

6. What does the famous "blood and iron" speech represent, and how does this further inpact the unification movement? It means the people of Germany worked hard for what they accomplished and they don't want to throw it away. They won't give up and they won't stop fighting for what they want and need. Also Bismark wanted to gain power.

7. How does warfar play in the unification process? The Germans wanted new politicial order. They also wanted more pawer in there government. They wanted change in there government with the support of there population.

8. How was the new government structsured, and who held the real power of the new, unified state? Therewas King Wilhelm and Bismark was the new mister cheif. Bismark believed that war was the way to go so he started warswith many nations. He also conquered more land for Germany.

9. What economic and industrial advancments does Germany make well after the unification process? They made weapons for the army and navy. In industrial production, Germany passed France and was competeing with Great Britian. Soon, it became the leading industrial power source.

10. How does Nationalism unify the people of the German states?

It helps them come together, in time of need. They needed to with WWI so they set aside there differences. Together they made Germany one big country, instead of 39 little countires.