Conservatism‚ Nationalism‚ and Prussification as driving forces of unification After the creation of the German Confederation‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ the Prussian representative in the union of German states‚ was determined to unite them into one single empire‚ with Prussia as its core. Prussia officially took over the rest of German sates by 1871‚ but in the meantime Bismarck implemented several internal and foreign policies to make that happen along with unification. After his speech on September
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come out of a great battle‚ emerging victorious‚ thus proving themselves to be a competent world power. However‚ although the time period after the War of 1812 was dubbed the “Era of Good Feelings‚” growing tension due to a sudden rise of southern nationalism under John C. Calhoun‚ too much involvement from the government‚ and disagreements over slavery created such disunion that the nation descended into utter chaos. The so-called “Era of Good Feelings” was‚ in fact‚ a misnomer – not only was it not
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After the war of 1812‚ a surge of nationalism spread everywhere throughout America. Having unofficially won the war without even an official army‚ the people of America became very proud of themselves and how their great country established such a feat. The nationalism grew until John Marshall‚ an aggressive Chief Justice‚ further strengthened and expanded it. He was a devout Federalist appointed by John Adams years before his most famous case of Marbury vs. Madison in 1803. Being a Federalist he
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Discuss to what extent to which Nationalism contributed to the expulsion of the French from Indo-China in 1954. You must use evidence to support your view On 7 May 1954‚ the French Far East Expeditionary Corps were routed at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. More than 11‚000 French troops were taken prisoner. One tenth of the French Union’s military strength in Indo-China had been wiped out. The Viet Minh had dispatched their colonial rulers. The battle had ended in decisive victory
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“Modern nationalism is only possible in a secular society.” I completely agree with this quote from our text. I will discuss what I understand this quote to mean‚ and I will then discuss the pros and cons of a secular society. What is a secular society? A secular society is a non-religious values based society. Legislators and government officials are opposed from making and furthering laws and/or policies with the intent of furthering a particular religious agenda based law or policy. A secular
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How did extreme nationalism alter the Enlightenment tradition? To Volkish thinkers‚ the Enlightenment and parliamentary democracy were foreign ideas that corrupted the pure German spirit. With fanatical devotion‚ Volkish thinkers embraced all things German: the medieval past‚ the German landscape‚ the simple peasant‚ and the village. They denounced the liberal-humanist tradition of the West as alien to the German soul. Among the shapers of the Volkish outlook was Wilhelm von Riehl (1823–1897)‚ a
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also during these times of struggles‚ that great men‚ not essentially of action but of intelligence‚ rose up to fight for the freedom of an enslaved nation. Among the most greatest of Filipinos patriots is Jose Rizal – the fountainhead of Filipino Nationalism. Rizal’s Significance Then On the 19th day of June in the year 1861‚ in the second half of the 19th century‚ Jose Rizal was born into a Philippine society governed by a system that brutalized and degraded the inner beings of Filipinos all
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Nationalism is a political philosophy holding that the welfare of the nation-state is paramount‚ and attitude often strengthened when people share a common history‚ religion‚ language‚ or ethnic background. The term also refers to a group state of mind in which patriotism‚ or loyalty to one’s country‚ is regarded as an individual’s principal duty. In the 18th century‚ nationalism began to take form by scholars & poets who sought to find in ancient legends and songs‚ the soul of the nation. The cohesion
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Nationalism is an ideology people have that helps them identify themselves with their country. It is patriotism hinted with a feeling of superiority over other countries. Nationalism in Europe rose by several folds after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. France was not only defeated‚ but also humiliated by the well-equipped Prussian Army. France was made to surrender 80‚000 men‚ pay 5‚000 million marks and had been further humiliated by the Prussian victory march through Paris. There was a strong
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APPENDIX A. Economic Nationalism or Economic Internationalism: Which path should the Philippines adopt? No complete realization of either is practicable. We must understand the real alternatives clearly. Therefore‚ the choice should not be between a complete suppression of international trade on the one hand and its complete freedom on the other. Rather we shall look at the restrictions present in status quo which walls our path to development. In the context of constitutional reform‚ the
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