Edexcel History 5. The Unification of Germany II

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A siege during the Franco-Prussian War from August to October 1870 after which much of the French army surrendered to German forces

That treaty under which Prussia annexed Hanover, Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse-Cassel, Nassau, and Frankfurt

A mostly middle class Prussian military reserve force, which could be called on during emergencies

The factor by which steam engines operating in Prussia outnumbered those operating in Austria by 1865

The more liberal democratic constitution of the North German Confederation which gave all men over 25 the vote and ensured a division of powers though with Bundeskanzler Otto von Bismarck and Federal President William I having huge powers to dominate the confederation

An 1867 crisis in which Otto von Bismarck - after nationalist pressure - objected to Luxembourg's purchase from the Netherlands by France, nearly leading to war, after which Napoleon III backed down

The dominant sector of the Austria economy through the 1850's

That war in which Austria allied with Prussia so as to quash nationalism and prevent Prussia from growing to powerful

A large 1863-64 uprising in Russia aimed at restoring the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ultimately defeated despite French, British, and most importantly Austrian sympathies

A war in which Prussia defeated numerically superior Austria due to technological superiority and Austrian tactical blunders

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The economic policy embraced by Prussian Minister-President Otto von Manteuffel, characterised by the reducing of regulations

The name which many consider might more accurately be given to the Franco-Prussian War

That principle which came to the fore amongst conservatives and liberals alike after the idealism of 1848-50

That which the four independent southern German states agreed to in 1871 for fear of threatening their thrones by outraging their people (encouraged by Otto von Bismarck), whipped up into a German nationalist fervour by victory against the French

That body which Prussia issued proposals to exclude Austria from, leading to Austrian mobilisation against Prussia in the lead-up to the Austro-Prussian War

The two cities in which Otto von Bismarck was ambassador before becoming Minister President of Prussia, chronologically

Chief of Staff of the Prussian and later German army who led the successful campaigns against Austria and France in 1866 and 1870-71 respectively

A large moderate right-wing German party formed in 1867 after splitting from the German Conservative Party which was much more cooperative with Otto von Bismarck

That comment made by Otto von Bismarck on the foundation of the North German Confederation

That treaty under which Austria had to renounce any claims to German leadership, recognise the dissolution of the German Confederation, and cede Venetia to France (which immediately ceded it to Italy)