UNIFICATIONOF GERMANY

1815-1871

GERMAN REACTION TO FRENCH DOMINATION

BECAME VERY NATIONALISTICGERMAN THINKERS HELD THATA. GERMANS WERE DIFFERENT

FROM WESTERN EUROPEANSB. GERMANS WERE DESTINED TO

WORK OUT A PARTICULARLY GERMAN WAY OF LIFE

C. GERMANS WERE DESTINED TO WORK OUT A PARTICULARLY GERMAN POLITICAL SYSTEM

GERMANS FELT SUPERIOR TO THE SLAVS

THE GERMAN PHILOSOPHER HEGEL

A. GLORIFY GROUP ACTIVITIESB. GLORIFY COLLECTIVIST

PRINCIPALSC. GLORIFY THE STATED. GREAT INTEREST IN HISTORYHISTORY-A VAST FORCE ALMOST

INDEPENDENT OF HUMAN BEINGS(HEGEL AND MARX)

OTTO VON BISMARCK

1815-1898 THE IRON

CHANCELLOR FOREIGN

MINISTER 1862-1890

“REFLECTIONS AND REMINISCENCES” 1898

BISMARCK JUNKER FROM BRANDENBURGGRUFF MANNERSNEVER LET WORLD OPINION STOP

WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS A CORRECT ACTION

CRITICISM AND DENUNCIATION NEVER BOTHERED HIM

OBSTINATEALL GERMANY WAS HIS

FATHERLAND

DID NOT TRUST OR UNDERSTAND WESTERN EUROPE

CONSIDERED PARLIAMENTARY BODIES IGNORANT AND IRRESPONSIBLE

CONSIDERED INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY SELFISH AND DISORDERLY

STRESSED DUTY, SERVICE,ORDER, AND FEAR OF GOD

CHAINED SMOKED CIGARS AND LOVED CHAMPAGNE

FAMOUS QUOTES “NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING

UNTIL IT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DENIED”

“LAWS ARE LIKE SAUSAGES. IT IS BETTER NOT TO SEE THEM BEING MADE”

“PEOPLE NEVER LIE SO MUCH AS BEFORE A HUNT, DURING A WAR, OR BEFORE AN ELECTION”

REALPOLITIK TERM COINED IN 1859 BY A

LIBERAL HISTORIAN ROCHAU TO DESCRIBE BISMARCK’S POLICY.

THE RUTHLESS PURSUIT OF SELF-INTEREST WAS THE ONLY REALISTIC OPTION FOR A GREAT STATE

DO ONLY WHAT IS IN THE INTEREST OF YOUR STATE AND YOUR STATE ONLY

BISMARCK’S WARS

1863 THE DANISH WAR OVER HOLSTEIN-SCHLESWIG

1866 THE SEVEN WEEKS WAR WITH AUSTRIA

1870 THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR WITH FRANCE

DANISH WAR1863-1864

START

DANISH WAR1863-1964THE END

RESULTS OF DANISH WAR PRUSSIA LOOKED LIKE THE

PROTECTOR OF GERMAN TERRITORY

HOLSTEIN-SCHLESWIG RECLAIMED

ISOLATED AUSTRIA BISMARCK IMPRESSED THE

GERMANS BY REFORMING THE GERMAN CONFEDERATION MAKING HIM LOOK MORE DEMOCRATIC

BISMARCK’S WARS

1866 THE SEVEN WEEKS WAR WITH AUSTRIA

SEVEN WEEKS WAR1866

THE START

SEVEN WEEKS WAR1866

THE END

RESULT OF THE SEVEN WEEKS WAR

AUSTRIA WAS HUMILIATED PRUSSIA ANNEXED1.HOLSTEIN-SCHLESWIG2.HANOVER3.NASSAU4.HESSE-CASSEL5.FRANKFURT ITALY ANNEXED VENETIA

PRUSSIAN POLITICAL REFORM

CREATION OF THE NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION PRUSSIA AND 21 OTHER STATES

CONSTITUTION STATED1.KING OF PRUSSIA THE HEAD2.PARLIAMENT OF 2 CHAMBERSA. UPPER=REPRESENTED THE STATESB. LOWER(REICHSTAG) PEOPLE ELECTED WITH UNIVERSAL MALE SUFFERAGE

BISMARCK’S WARS

1870 THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR WITH FRANCE

REASONS FOR THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR

NAPOLEON III BELIEEVD A WAR WITH PRUSSIA, IF SUCCESSFUL, WOULD RESTORE THE PUBLIC APPROVAL OF HIS GOVERNMENT

BISMARCK BELIEVED A WAR WITH FRANCE WOULD CAUSE THE SOUTH GERMAN STATES TO JOIN PRUSSIA

CAUSE THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT

INVITED LEOPOLD(KING OF PRUSSIA’S COUSIN) TO BE THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH OF SPAIN

FRANCE DEMANDED THAT HE WITHDRAW HIS NAME AND THEN LATER DEMANDED THAT AT NOT TIME WOULD A HOHENZOLLERN BECOME KING OF SPAIN

EMS TELEGRAM

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR JULY 15, 1870 WAR DECLARED BY

FRANCE SEPT.1 1870 BATTLE OF SEDAN

NAPOLEON III CAPTURED FRENCH SURRENDER

SEPT 20 BEGINNING OF SIEGE OF PARIS

JAN.18 1871 PARIS SURRENDERSMAY 10,1871 TREATY OF

VERSAILLES(FRANKFURT) SIGNED

FRANCO-PRUSSIANWAR 1870

START

FRANCO-PRUSSIANWAR 1870THE END

TREATY OF VERSAILLES TREATY OF FRANKFURTKING OF PRUSSIA RECEIVED THE

HEREDITARY TITLE OF GERMAN EMPEROR

NAPOLEON III REMOVED AND FRANCE REQUIRED TO ELECT A REPUBLIC CONSTITUTENT ASSEMBLY BY UNIVERSAL MALE SUFFERAGE

FRANCE TO PAY WAR REPARATIONS OF 5 BILLION GOLD FRANCS

GERMANY TO OCCUPY PARTS OF FRANCE FOR A FEW YEARS

FRANCE LOOSES THE PROVINCES OF ALSACE AND LORRAINE

RESULTS OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF

GERMANYGERMANY NOW THE STRONGEST

STATE ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE

UNITED ALL GERMAN STATESGERMAN EMPIRE TOOK THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION

GERMANY NOW A MAJOR WORLD POWER

EUROPE1873