Russification
the forcing of Russian culture on all ethnic groups in the empire in an attempt to maintain unity and control.
Camillo di Cavour
prime minister of Sardinia, Italy who was appointed by the king in this position. He was a cunning statesman who set about gaining control of northern Italy for Sardinia and drove most of Austria's occupation from northern Italy.
Giuseppe Garibaldi
a nationalist rebel and visionary in southern Italy who captured Sicily and later relinquished his lands to the king of Sardinia in the north.
Junker
strongly conservative members of Prussia's wealthy landowning class.
Otto von Bismarck
a conservative Prussian who became primes minister. He practiced tough power politics with the king's consent and declared that he would rule without the consent of the parliament and without a legal budget, both acts were unconstitutional..
Realpolitik
literally meaning "the politics of reality" and was used to describe tough power politics with no room for idealism.
Kaiser
emperor
What is a characteristic of nationalists?
Nationalists were not loyal to their kings but to their people those who shared common bonds of ancestry. They believed that people of the same ancestry should unite under a single government.
How is nationalism used in politics today?
To unify, build up, or separate nation-states.
Which aging empires suffered from the forces of nationalism?
The Austrian Empire of the Hapsburgs, the Russian Empire of the Romanov, and the Ottoman Empire of the Turks.
What role did Garibaldi play in the unification of Italy?
He unified southern Italy with northern Italy by giving the King of Sardinia Sicily.
What how did Bismarck and other factors and events unite Germany?
Prussia had mainly a German population, therefore, nationalism unified Prussia. Prussia army was the most powerful in central Europe. In 1848, Berlin rioters forced a constitutional convention to write a liberal constitution. Under Bismarck's leadership P