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Napoleon Invades German Lands
As part of the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon invaded germany in 1810. Germany had difficult conditions, so this was difficult. -
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Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states. The objective of the Congress was to settle the issues coming from the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. -
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Economic Development
Real incomes in the east have now reached the western level, and investment per capita has been much higher than in the west. Jobs grew and germany was gaining power. This economic grown was under Otto von Bismarck. -
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The House of Krupp
The house of Krupp was a national institution in the Germany. Alfred Krupp was a developer and inventer at the time, and a prominent one at that. The German Army and Navy bought twenty-nine thousand Krupp guns. -
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Zolverein
Prussia was the prime force behind the creation of the Zollverien. The Zonverein included about 425,000 square kilometers and had made economic agreements with many non-German states, like Sweden and Norway. -
Frederick William IV offered the throne
Frederick William IV was offered the throne in 1849 and crucially declined it. He was the king of Prussia from 1840 (his fathers death) until 1861. -
William I becomes Emperor
the King of Prussia and the first German Emperor. He was very anti-socialist. -
Blood and Iron Speech
This speech told everyone that Germany needed to be a unified country. Bismark wanted everyone to know that someone should be given power by what they do and not what they say they will do. -
bismarck declares war on austria
Bismarck manipulated events into the most beneficial solution possible for Prussia. The "Iron Chancellor" had thought to have a master plan resulting in this war. -
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Constituation Drafted by Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck, the Prussian minister-president wrote the constitustion. North German liberals had their influence within it. It represented the governments of the North German states. -
bismarck declares war on denmark
Bismark declared war on denmarck as part of a master plan. He carefully edited the king's words to create the impression that King Wilhelm had traded diplomatic insults. -
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Franco-Prussain War
A war against France was necessary to unite tnorth Germany and the independent southern Germany, while France was preoccupied by the emergence of a powerful Prussia. -
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The Second Reich
The term reich comes from the German word meaning realm, kingdom, or empire. The German Reich had three parts. the monarchy, the semi-presidential democracy and the the totalitarian Nazi dictatorship. -
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Population Growth
Through this time, due to german unification the population grew immensly. This is due to the incline in economic growth. Also, the population grew because of economic power. -
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KultureKamf
Kulturekamf mean "culture struggle in English. Kulturekamf refers to German policies in relation to reducing the role and power of the Roman Catholic Church in Prussia. -
Otto von Bismarcks Birth
Bismarck was born in Schönhausen. He was the son of a Prussian military officer and the well-educated daughter of a senior government official in Berlin. -
Campaign againsed the socialists
Bismarck worried about the growth of the socialist movement in the Democratic Party. Socialist organizations and meetings were forbidden, as was the circulation of socialist literature. -
William II becomes kaiser
William I, under the guidance of Bismarck, had created a new and powerful German nation. This resulted in him becoming kaiser. -
bismarck resigns
After a dispute with Kaiser Wilhelm II, Otto von Bismarck resigned.
