Global Awareness

Unit 13 Assignment – Unification and Imperialism

 

Unit Readings: WH Chapter 23

                                  MEH Chapters 23-25; 27

 

Respond to each of the following questions in a concise, single-paragraph response. Be sure to include the accompanying terms in your answers.

 

CRIMEAN WAR

 

1.        Why did Russia and the Ottoman Empire go to war in 1853?

2.        Why did the French and British intervene in the Crimean War on the side of the Ottoman Empire?

3.        What were the results of the Crimean War? What concessions did the Russians make and what was the long-term impact of the war on Europe?

 

Terms: Crimean War, Concert of Europe

 

ITALIAN UNIFICATION

 

1.        What had hampered the efforts of Giuseppe Garibaldi and Giuseppe Mazzini to unite Italy in the 1830s-1850s?

2.        How did Camillo Cavour’s plan of Italian unfication differ from that of Mazzini and Garibaldi?

3.        Explain how Cavour used France under Napoleon III to further his goals of Italian unification?

4.        Explain how Garibaldi and his “Red Shirts” contributed to the unification of Italy. How did Garibaldi have to compromise his principles in order to achieve this dream?

5.        Describe at least three problems faced by the new Italian state.

 

Terms: Carbonari, Giuseppe Garibaldi, “Red Shirt,” Piedmont, Giuseppe Mazzini, Victor Emmanuel II, Camillo Cavour, transformismo, Napoleon III, Italia Irredenta

 

GERMAN UNIFICATION

 

1.        Explain the political objectives of Otto von Bismarck that led him to seek the unification of Germany.

2.        How did Bismarck use a war with Denmark to eliminate the Austrians from German affairs?

3.        Why did Bismarck seek a war with France? How did the overthrow of the Spanish queen provide him with an opportunity for such a war?

4.        What were the results, peace terms, and long term impacts of the Franco-Prussian War?

 

Terms: Otto von Bismarck, Seven Weeks’ War, “Iron and Blood”, Ems telegram, kleindeutsch (“small German”) solution, grossdeutsch (“large German”) solution, Battle of Sedan, Schleswig-Holstein

 

FYI: Zollverein: A tariff union established in 1834 among the separate German states that facilitated trade by allowing goods to move between the various states without the imposition of tariffs – an important early step toward German unification, and a good item to know for the AP test.

 

THE THIRD REPUBLIC IN FRANCE

 

1.        How did the rule of Napoleon III after 1860 differ from the first 10 years of his reign?

2.        Explain the brief history of the Paris Commune. Does your text regard it as a true Marxist revolution? Why or why not?

3.        “The National Assembly backed into a republican form of government indirectly and much against its will.” Explain.

4.        Explain the “Dreyfus Affair.” What divisions in French society did this episode reveal?

 

Terms: Napleon III, Paris Commune, Alfred Dreyfus, Emile Zola, “J’accuse”