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.
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
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
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.
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”