Children commonly worked from a very young age; most in Britain worked in: Answer a. shipyards. b. textile plants. c. mines. d. domestic service. e. rail yards. Question One explanation for Britain’s lead in the Industrial Revolution was that: Answer a. the majority of its entrepreneurs were from the aristocracy. b. the government subsidized all rural industry. c. the pursuit of wealth was perceived as a worthy goal in life. d. Oxford and Cambridge produced a surplus of engineers. e. Britain
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different motivation for each nation‚ they saw that taking over colonies in Africa would give them either a political or economic advantage in Europe. Many of the European nations had different reasons for wanting to control parts of Africa. Chancellor Otto von Bismark of Germany‚ speaking to his explorer that returned from Africa‚ says “My map of Africa is in Europe. Here is Russia and here is France‚ and we are in the middle. That is my map of Africa” (Doc 3). He argues that he is focusing on Europe and
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Motivation was acquired from the help of strong nationalism to then acquire new land to build upon their country to improve its economy and create new available work. European nations all had different reasons to control parts of Africa. Chancellor Otto von Bismark said to his Countryman exploring in africa‚ “ Your map of Africa is very nice‚ but my map of Africa is in Europe. Here is Russia and here is France‚ and we are in the middle. That is my map of Africa.” (Doc 3). He argues that he is focusing
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Prussia’s desires to reassert its influence after many states deserted the parliament of Erfurt. It was seen in Prussian eyes as a national humiliation brought on by their more influential adversary Austria and thus politicians such as William I and Bismarck held ambitions for Prussian greatness in the near future. General Roon foresaw that a strong military would be required to accomplish such a task and sought to pass the Army bill. Prussia’s monopoly in the Zollverein meant that as a society‚ it
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Italy‚ Germany achieved national unity around the same time. The Austrian Empire took over the German confederation; however‚ Prussia was prepared to unify them. Prussia had a mainly German empire. Therefore‚ nationalism truly unified Prussia. When Bismarck took control‚ he was a master of realpolitik. Bismarck’s method for uniting Germany was through blood and iron (Doc 5). He believed that the power of Germany should be allocated over all German People. In his eyes‚ war was the only option to achieving
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thrilled by the early Austrian concession of Venetia. He hoped this success would bring him the support of France’s large Catholic population‚ which was being antagonized by the Italian threat of taking Rome. With Venetia under his belt‚ and with Otto Von Bismark’s promises to cede Luxembourg‚ Belgium‚ and Alsace-Lorraine‚ Napoleon III was prepared to win over his opposition and had‚ “decided early on to use the Austro-Prussian war to fortify his commanding position in Europe.” He was shocked to
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Success and failures of Bismarck’s foreign policies Bismarck‚ nicknamed the ‘iron chancellor’ can be considered as the father of Germany‚ uniting Prussia and other states. During his years as chancellor from 1871-1890‚ he successfully secured the new German boarders by keeping peace within Europe. Through rallying the southern states of Germany by engaging the Franco-Prussian war of 1871‚ with the German ‘traditional enemy‚ Bismarck successfully achieved his aim of uniting the scattered states
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Menzel’s Iron Rolling Mill and the German Industrial Revolution: Political‚ Social‚ and Artistic Representations of German Industry in the 1870s Françoise Foster-Hahn explains how Menzel’s Iron Rolling Mill represented a new vision of industry and how the new German government used it to present a modern‚ progressive vision of German history: ”In all these industrial portraits [William Bell Scott‚ Iron and Coal‚ Industry of the Tyne‚ 1861 (Wallington Hall‚ Northumberland); John Ferguson Weir
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Italian unification l Background l After Napoleon‚ the Italian states were controlled by France. l Effect: l 1. They experienced the unity under the rule of an efficient government. l 2. They felt that they disliked being ruled by foreign countries‚ therefore nationalist feeling was aroused. l After the Congress of Vienna in 1815-16‚ they were divided into 8 states and the northern part of Italy was controlled by Austria-Hungary. l Again‚ they disliked the alien rule and
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Question 4 How consistent were Bismarck’s aims and methods from 1862 to 1871? The key word in this question about Bismarck was ‘consistent’. Most of the answers deployed accurate knowledge about developments from 1862 to 1871. The most successful essays used this knowledge to examine how far Bismarck’s aims and methods changed or remained the same. Moderate answers sometimes asserted in an introduction or conclusion that he was consistent and otherwise relied on narratives of developments
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