Germany, Japan, &
Turkey
Unit 6, SSWH 15 b & c
Nationalism
• A belief that people should be
loyal to their nation
• A force that tore apart old empires
• Helped create new nations
• Opposed by conservatives
German States
• 39 German states formed the loose
German Confederation (1815) – in
Austria & Prussia
• Prussia, mostly German, used
nationalism to help unify
Wilhelm I & Bismarck
• 1861, Wilhelm I takes throne of
Prussia, Otto von Bismarck was his
Prime Minister
• Bismarck’s Realpolitik: tough power
politics with no room for idealism
• Bismarck created a unified Germany
(1871) by “blood & iron” & king
Wilhelm I was crowned Kaiser (1871)
• Bismarck Expands Prussia:
- Gained Schleswig & Holstein from
victory over Denmark
- 7 Wks War: Prussia & Austria
(Prussia won, gained land)
- Franco-Prussian War: Caused the
rest of independent German states
to unify (created Germany)
Meiji & Japan
• Japan’s young Emperor Meiji,
Mutshito, took control of govt
• Japan became modernized
• 1870-1910s, Japan industrialized & a
modern economy
• Attempt to increase power; got rid of
foreigner’s rights (extraterritorial)
Japanese Victories
• Sino-Japanese War: China & Japan fought
over ports & Korea (Japan won, gained
Manchuria)
• Russo-Japanese War: Fought over Russia
in Manchuria, Treaty of Portsmouth:
Japan won land, Russia had to move out
of Manchuria & Korea
• Japan, 1910, annexed Korea, harsh rulers
Young Turks
• Group who fought for reforms
in the Ottoman Empire
• Turks wanted rights for all who
lived within the empire