Global History 2 R Name:

Mr. Scapelliti

Nationalism and the Unification of Italy and Germany

Fill in the chart below using page 688 in your book.

Bonds of Nationalism that Can Create a Nation-State
Nationality / ·  Belief in common ethnic ancestry that may or may not be true
Language / ·  Different dialects of one language; one dialect becomes “national language”
Culture / ·  A shared way of life (food, dress, behavior, ideals)
History / ·  A common past; common experiences
Religion / ·  A religion shared by all or most of the people
Territory / ·  A certain territory that belongs to the ethnic group; its land
Nation-State Created… / Positive / Negative
·  People within a nation overcoming their differences for a common good (independence)
·  Democratic governments in nations throughout the world
·  The overthrow of colonial rule (independence)
·  Competition among nations spurring scientific and technological advancements / ·  Forces assimilation of minority cultures into nation’s majority culture
·  Ethnic cleansing, such as Bosnia in 1990’s
·  The rise of extreme nationalist movements, such as Nazism
·  Competition between nations leading to warfare

Fill in the chart below using pages 694 – 697 in your book.

Nation / Leaders/Groups / Events of Unification / Effects of Unification
Italy / §  Camillo di Cavour
§  Giuseppe Garibaldi
§  Red Shirts / §  In 1858 Cavour formed an alliance with Napoleon to drive Austria out of northern Italy
§  Sardinia took all of northern Italy except Venetia
§  Cavour secretly helps nationalist rebels in the south led by Garibaldi (the Red Shirts)
§  Garibaldi agrees to unite the southern areas with the northern areas under the rule of the King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia / §  Unified the peninsula with one common government
Germany / §  Otto von Bismarck
§  Kaiser Wilhelm
§  Junkers / §  1815, 39 German states formed the German Confederation
§  1848, Berlin rioters forced a constitutional convention to write up a liberal constitution
§  1862, Otto von Bismarck becomes prime minister of Prussia
§  1864, Prussia and Austria form alliance and go to war against Denmark (Denmark is defeated)
§  Seven Weeks War: Austria declares war on Prussia; Austria is defeated and Prussia takes control of northern Germany
§  Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Germany. Prussia gains support of southern Germany.
§  1871, King Wilhelm I of Prussia is crowned Kaiser.
§  Germans called their empire the Second Reich. / §  By 1871 Germany and Britain were the most powerful nations in Europe.