Essential+questions

1. What events promoted Germany unity during the early 1800's? Well Germany was seperated into a number of small/medium states. Germany didn't like Napoleon and his changes. The blood & Iron speech helped the Germans to rise against and fight against France. Those aer the events that promoted Germany during the early 1800's.

2.Explain the difference between a conservative and a liberal during this time period. Conservatives include monarchs and their officials, noble landowners, and church leaders. Liberals include business owners, bankers, and lawyers as well as politicians, newspaper editors, writters, and others who helped to shape public opinion.

3. What was the congress of Vienna? What is balance power? How does this effect German states? The Congress of Vienna was a victory for the conservative forces. The congress of Veinna consisted of monarchs and their officials, noble landowners and church leaders. The the congress of Vienna was organised to rebuild Europe after the downfall of Napoleon I. Its importance was to create a balance of power that will maintain peace throughout Europe.

4. How does economic unity help bring about political unity? Germany posessed a good amount of Irom and Coal and that made industrialization possible. Germany's rapid growth in population gave a larger supply of industrial workers. In the early 1800's, Prussia created an economic union called the Zollverein, it ended tax barriers between German,but Germany remained politicalty disordered. liberals wanted a Germany Political union, they offered the throne to William IV of Prussia, but he rejected.

5. Explain Realpolitik and provide examples of how Bismark used that to his advantage. Realpolitik is realist politics based on the needs of the state. In Realpolitik, power was more impotnat than principles. Bismark success was due to his strong will, but his loyalty was due to the Hohenzollerns, which was the ruling dynasty of Prussia. Hohenzollerns was a powerful monarchy. He hoped he would bring more power to Hohenzollerns by German unification.

6. What does the famous "blood & Iron" sp[eech represent, and how does this further impact the unification movement? The "blood and Iron" speech represents Germant becoming a tougher nation. Also it represents Otto Van Bismark most of his money to warfare. It impacted later unification movement by making Germany a tough nation down the road.

7. How does warfare play a role in the unification process? Prussia was led by Bismark into 3 wars. Each of the wars increased Prussia pritege and power and paved the way for German unity. Prussia took control of several North German states. Bismark's army attemps to conquer Austria.

8.How was German Goverment stuctered, and who held the real power in the new unified states? A constitution was set up by Bismark, it consisted of a two-house legislature. Th Bundesrat or Upper House were determined by the rulers of the German States. The Riechsstag was the lower house. The Bundesrat could veto and decision of the Reichstag so the real power remained in the hands of the emperor and his chancellor.

9. What economic and industrial advancements does Gernany make after the unification process? Germany's spectacular growth was due to amble iron and coal resources, basic things fr industrial developent. Professionals helped create a productive and effiecient societty. Large companies, many railroads. House of Krupp- indusrial complex that produced steel and weapons for a world market. Optics- imported industy. Carl Zeiss- German industrialist/ inventor built company for telescopes, microscopes, amd other optical equipment. Single currency. Science-sythentic chemicals and types coordinated railroads, and reogsnized the banking system

10. does Nationalism unify the people of the Germany States? Nationalism unified the Germans becasue people who were proud to be German found that they had common intrest and started to become unified and to come together as Germans.