Chapter 10 “Nationalism Triumphs in Europe” Study Guide
World History A
1.
2.
SECTION 1
Know what a “Kaiser” is.
Know how the Zollverein promoted
German unity.
3. Know what Realpolitik means and what
guided Bismarck’s implementation of it.
4.
Know how the “German Confederation”
was created and by whom it was headed.
5.
Know who the chancellor of Prussia
became and be able to tell what a
chancellor is.
6.
Know what happened when the Frankfurt
Assembly offered Frederick William IV
the throne.
7. Know what resulted from Bismarck’s
editing of the Ems dispatch.
8. Be able to describe how membership to
the Reichstag was determined.
9. Be able to list several countries involved
in wars with Prussia during its unification
process.
10. Be able to describe why the German
empire was not a democracy.
11. Possible Essay Topic: Describe where
Bismarck’s primary loyalty was located
and hos his loyalty influenced what he
hoped to achieve with unification and how
the government he created reflected his
loyalty.
SECTION 2
12. Know what social welfare was.
13. Be able to define Kulturkampf.
14. Be able to identify what the dominant
power was in Europe in 1871.
15. Be able to identify several factors that
helped Germany to industrialize.
16. Be able to identify several of the
industrialists that were largely responsible
for Germany’s ability to industrialize.
17. Be able to explain why Bismarck targeted
the Socialists and the Catholics.
18. Be able to describe why William II asked
Bismarck to resign.
19. Be able to describe the efforts of
Bismarck in his attempt to avoid a
socialist revolution.
20. Be able to describe how Germany became
an industrial giant and some of the new
products that were developed.
21. Be able to define Bismarck’s goal in
Kulturkampf.
22. Possible Essay Topic: Describe
Bismarck’s methods for dealing with the
Catholic Church and his methods for
dealing with the socialists after
unification.
SECTION 3
23. Know who Guiseppe Garibaldi was and
for what he is known.
24. Know what an anarchist is and what
anarchists caused to happen in European
countries trying to unite.
25. Know what it means if someone emigrates
from a country.
26. Be able to state what type form of
government was set up in Italy after it
united.
27. Be able to cite reasons that made it
difficult for Italy to unite.
28. Know who the “Red Shirts” were and of
what group they were made up.
29. Know who Camilo de Cavour was and
how he caused a war to start between
Sardinia and Austria.
30. Be able to cite how the unification of Italy
was completed.
31. Know who controlled Italy after the
Congress of Vienna.
32. Know what problem was solved by Italian
emigration.
33. Be able to tell how the Catholic Church
viewed the new Italian government.
34. Possible Essay Topic: Compare the
leadership style of Camillo de Cavour in
Italy to the leadership style of Otto von
Bismarck n Germany, using examples to
support your reasoning.
35. Possible Essay Topic: When Italy
unified, it created a new government
under Victor Emmanuel. Compare this
government to the government Bismarck
created in the unified Germany. How
were they alike and how were they
different?
SECTION 4
36. Know who Francis Joseph was and what
he did.
37. Know who Ference Deak was and what he
was responsible for.
38. Know what a dual monarchy was, which
countries were involved and why it was
used.
39. Know what resulted from the formation of
the Dual Monarchy.
40. Know who the Hapsburgs were and what
they were known for in Europe.
41. Be able to identify the things that were
shared in the dual monarchy and the
things that were separate by country.
42. Be able to identify the two European
empires that experienced the most tension
because of nationalism.
43. Know what the attitudes of the Europeans
were like towards the Ottoman Empire.
44. Be able to identify the nickname of the
Ottoman Empire.
45. Possible Essay Topic: Describe how
nationalism affected the Ottoman Empire
differently than it did the Prussian empire.
What do you think accounted for this
difference?
46. Possible Essay Topic: Why do you think
Europeans in the mid-1800s came to view
the Ottoman Empire as “the sick man of
Europe?”
SECTION 5
47. Know what a pogrom is.
48. Know what the “Duma” was in Russia.
49. Know what the zemstvo was.
50. Be able to identify several obstacles that
blocked progress in Russia to become an
industrial country.
51. Know why Russian czars were hesitant to
implement reforms.
52. Know what Russification was and which
Czar implemented the program.
53. Be able to describe how emancipation of
the serfs benefited the Russian economy.
54. Know what Bloody Sunday was and what
it led to in Russia.
55. Be able to cite results of the October
Manifesto.
56. Be able to describe Russia’s social
structure in the 1800s.
57. Be able to list some of the reforms put in
place by Czar Alexander II.
58. Be able to identify the event that led to the
end of reform in 19th century Russia.
59. Possible Essay Topic: On “Bloody
Sunday,” Russian protesters marched on
the Winter Palace of Czar Nicholas II.
How did the czar react to this protest?
What consequences did this reaction
have?
60. Possible Essay Topic: The reigns of
different Russian czars followed a similar
pattern, cycling between reform and
repression. What conditions in Russia
were contributing to this pattern?