Second Examination Review Sheet 1. What were the goals of the Great Powers at the Congress of Vienna? What were their aims and how did they redraw the map of Europe in the wake of Napoleon’s defeat? What did the chief architects of the Congress‚ such as Metternich‚ hope to achieve? Congress of Vienna was a conservative group that aimed to develop peaceful international relations system Goal: achieve postwar stability by establishing secure states with guaranteed borders. Restore regimes to
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But the Renaissance was not the missing piece to make Italy as one. A nationalist named Giuseppe Garibaldi in the late 1840’s began a unification movement. He controlled southern Italy while the Savoy family‚ who was the northern Italian royalty‚ succeeded in defeating the Austrians who wanted to take over. In 1866‚ Savoy King Vittorio Emanuele II
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such as Italy‚ Germany and Russia‚ who used strong national pride for national unification purposes. Count Camillo Cavour managed to remove Austrian influence from all parts of Italy through a series of wars‚ thus spurring intense nationalism. Giuseppe Garibaldi‚ another Italian nationalist‚ raised a volunteer army in 1860 and drove Spain from the Kingdom of Two Siciles‚ thereby uniting all of Italy under Victor Emmanuel. Similarly‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ appointed by William I in 1861‚ was able to unite
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When one hears about Italy some significant characteristics come to mind. A reasonable answer of course depends on experience‚ understanding‚ and knowledge of the country. Many sophisticated people think about the culture or the fashion but unfortunately far too many Americans instead think about stereotypical Italian-Americans such as‚ Guido’s or the mafia‚ to represent their depiction. In modern society the media plays a huge role in the way we perceive the world. Due to negative portrayal of
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Abraham Lincoln Life Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin County‚ Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln on February 12‚ 1809. Thomas was a strong and determined pioneer and was respected by other town folk. Abraham had an older sister Sarah and younger brother Thomas‚ who died in infancy. Due to a land dispute‚ the Lincolns were forced to move from Kentucky to Perry County‚ Indiana in 1817‚ where the family lived on public land to scrap out a living in a crude shelter
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Italy and Germany were two newly united nations that emerged in 1871. The two regions that were to be unified shared much history together; ever since they were last united as one under the Holy Roman Empire. When the French Revolution and Napoleon came along‚ both Germanic and Italian states were affected in many ways. Napoleon began spreading his liberalist and nationalist influence in Italy with his Italian Campaign in 1796‚ which later spread to the Germanic states. After Napoleon¡¯s defeat‚
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through proxy by various European powers until the 19th century‚ when the French leader Napoleon supported the unification of Italy as a way of creating a buffer state against his many enemies. With the backing of France‚ Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi led a popular movement that took over much of Italy in 1861 and would be ending in 1870 with the fall of Rome and complete unification of the
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Geography of Italy Italy is a long peninsula; slightly larger than Arizona andit shaped like a boot. It is surrounded on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea and on the east by the Adriatic. Italy borders Austria‚ France‚ Vatican City‚ San Marino‚ Slovenia‚ and Switzerland.The Apennine Mountains form the peninsula ’s backbone; the Alps form its northern boundary. The largest of its many northern lakes is Garda (143 sq mi); the Po‚ its principal river‚ flows from the Alps on Italy ’s western border and
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Subhas Chandra Bose ( listen (help•info); January 1897 – 18 August 1945 [unconfirmed]) byname Netaji (Hindi: “Respected leader”) was an Indian revolutionary who led an Indian national force against the British Raj (and therefore also against the allied Western powers) during World War II. Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in India today. He is presumed to have died "in absentia" on 18 August 1945 from injuries sustained in an
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“Indian nationalists are working day and night to build up Bose as the ‘George Washington’ of India‚” the New York Times reported on February 8‚ 1946. “This is particularly true of the revolutionary element in the Congress party‚ which spares no efforts to eulogize Bose‚ create a ‘Bose legend’ and wrap his sayings and beliefs in sanctity.”1 The admiration for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose‚ who had crossed swords with the forces of British imperialism during the Second World War‚ was rampant in
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