HOW THIS

BECOMES THIS

OTTO VON BISMARCK WILHELM I

PATH TO GERMAN UNIFICATION

GERMAN
CONFEDERATION

CUSTOMS
UNION

Realpolitik “Blood and Iron”
TURN TO PAGE 735 AND
READ DOCUMENT 3
1. What do you think
“blood and iron” refers to?

Schleswig and
Holstein
1864 War with Denmark

Directions
1.
Read “Unification and Empire” and create point form reading notes on the graphic organizer.
2.
After the class has gone over the reading notes write a summary of how Germany was unified.

1866 Austro-Prussian
War

1871 Franco-Prussian War

1.
Shade (or pattern) Prussia in 1865
2.
Use a different color (or pattern) for each step to:
1.
Mark the area annexed by Prussia in 1866
2.
Mark the area joined with Prussia in 1867
3.
Mark the area added to form the German Empire in
1871
Unification of Germany,
1865-1871 – pg 721

• 1834 – ZOLLVEREIN
(CUSTOMS UNION)
FORMED AMONG GERMAN
STATES.
•
1864 – WAR OVER
SCHESWIG AND HOLSTEIN
– PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA
DEFEAT DENMARK
•
1848 – REVOLUTIONS
SWEEP EUROPE AND
PRUSSIAN LIBERALS
ATTEMT TO UNIFY AND
REFORM GERMAN STATES -
- FAILED
•
1866 – AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN
WAR – PRUSSIA WINS
•
1870-71 – FRANCO-
PRUSSIAN WAR – PRUSSIA
WINS
•
1862 – BISMARCK
APPOINTED PM OF PRUSSIA
BY WILHELM I
• 1871 – SOUTHERN GERMAN
STATES INCORPORATED
INTO GERMAN AND
UNIFICATION DECLARED.
GERMAN UNIFICATION
TIMELINE

1.
USE THE TEXTBOOK (CH 24 PP. ) AND THE
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO TRACE THE PATH TO
GERMAN UNITY
1.
USE THE HINTS IN EACH BOX TO ADD THE
CORRECT INFORMATION THAT WILL TRACE
ITALY FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA TO
UNITY IN ???????.
PATH TO UNITY IN GERMANY

On “Ch 24 Thesis Statements” copy the following question and write a thesis to answer it:
“Why was German unification successful?”
Thesis Statement
Question

•
IN 1848 THE FRANKFORT ASSEMBLY VOTED TO MAKE
FREDRICK WILLIAM IV KING; HE REFUSED TO BE KING
BASED ON POPULAR VOTE
• IN THE 1860’S WILLIAM I MOVED TO PRUSSIA A
STRONG MILITARISTIC NATION, THE LEGISLATURE
REFUSED TO SUPPORT THIS MOVE
•
WILLIAM APPOINTED COUNT OTTO VON BISMARCK AS
CHANCELLOR
•
BISMARCK BELIEVED IN REALPOLITIK, REFERRED TO
AS THE “IRON CHANCELLOR”, GOVERNED WITH WHAT
WERE CALLED POLICIES OF “BLOOD AND IRON”

•
BISMARCKS GOALS WERE TO MAKE PRUSSIA THE MOST
POWERFUL ECONOMIC NATION IN EUROPE THROUGH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOST POWERFUL MILITARY ON
THE CONTINENT
•
HE IGNORED PARLIAMENT, IMPRISONED/KILLED
OPPOSITION, ENGAGED IN SUCCESSFUL WARS AGAINST
AUSTRIA, DENMARK AND FRANCE
•
THROUGH HIS POLICIES AND THESE EVENTS; ON
JANUARY 18, 1871 GERMANY ANNEXES THE
CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE, GERMANY IS UNIFIED
NATION
•
WILLIAM I IS PROCLAIMED KAISER(EMPEROR) OF THE
SECOND RIECH(EMPIRE) OF GERMANY