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    John C. Wright History – 386 Dr. Blum 11/02/2012 Exam #2 This exam is a reflection on the German state‚ and how it came to be‚ as well as a look into the actual obstacles that Bismarck had to overcome in order to join the Germanic states in to one‚ solid German nation. This will be accomplished by focusing on significant people and significant political and economic views that they held to show the differing positions in 1848 – 1849‚ and by looking at pertinent facts in the 1850s. This

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    Nationalism is the feeling of loyalty shared by a group of people united by race‚ language‚ and culture. It was born and spreading since 1789 during the French Revolution‚ and spread by the Napoleon army. To express their loyalty to their nation‚ people will attempt to fight for independence against foreign rule or unite themselves into one large nation-state. Nationalism therefore was both a uniting force and dividing force; uniting a number of small states into one large nation-state or splitting

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    goals were going to war with other countries‚ keeping peace in Europe‚ and of course his smart politics had a major impact in the growth of German industry. The first thing that Bismarck wanted to do was to guarantee ultimate security to everyone in Europe. Germany was in a position where they were either going to fall or

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    Cause Of WWl The great war‚ the war to end all wars‚ 20‚000‚000 dead. These were all the nicknames acquired with WWl. 1914 the war officially began due to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian man from a terrorist group labeled as the black hand. The assassination led directly to the first world war because Austria-Hungary decided to declare war‚ triggering action according to a series of international treaties cause more European countries to engage in the war. Although

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    born on April 1‚ 1815 at Schönhausen and considered the founder of the German Empire. From 1862 to 1873 Bismarck was prime minister of Prussia and from 1871 to 1890 he was Germany’s first Chancellor. Once Germany was unified‚ Bismarck noticed that Germany was under threat of attack from other countries surrounding it. Bismarck primarily wanted to avoid any challenges against the new European order and to unite the new German state‚ which faced domestic opposition and great suspicion from the rest

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    attitude to France‚ our national sense of honour compelled us‚ in my opinion to go to war; and if we did not act according to the demands of this feeling‚ we should lose... the entire impetus towards our national development won in 1866‚ while the German national feeling south of the Main‚ aroused by our military successes in 1866;… would have to grow cold again… Under this conviction I made use of the royal authorization communicated to me... to publish the contents of the telegram…I reduced the

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    The long-term origins to World War One start back in 1870 with the Franco-Prussian War. In the Franco-Prussian war France lost to Germany which lead to the two countries never being in an alliance with one another. Once the war was over it lead to the forming of the triple Alliance which was one of the main alliances during the first world war. The Triple alliance was made up of the countries - Germany‚ Austo-Hungery and Italy‚ and it was first formed because Germany needed help to guard Alsace-Lorrain

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    Imperialism ------> WWI WWI was a turning point in European history‚ and I’m sure you’ve heard of WWI; but do not know the incidents that happened prior to the war. Europe’s new countries that did not build empires were coming in conflict with countries that had built immense empires‚ like Britain. The new Imperialism of the nineteenth century is a sure part in the cause of World War I. In Europe things were starting to escalate to gain as much territory as possible. Countries like Britain who

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    Army on the 10th of December 1915 at the age of 54. At the time‚ he appeared to be the best man for the job as he had led and won successful battles in his past. In 1916‚ he launched an attack. His attack took place near the Somme River‚ against the Germans. He won‚ but was it worth losing 420‚000 people’s lives for the sake of a small piece of land? He certainly thought so. As a result of this‚ he earned himself the nickname ‘Butcher of the Somme’. There are reasons why he is to blame‚ and why he isn’t

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    religion. The greatest accomplishments of the two had to be the successes of their military. The reason for military action by both Napoleon and Bismarck was coherently to unify their countries. Bismarck however was trying to bring Prussia and the German states together as a whole. France was already one nation. Napoleon found that by military success through victories against Austria‚ Prussia‚ Russia‚ and Spain he strengthened France as a nation‚ which was not the case during the French Revolutions

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