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Emily Cheng Period 6

Global 11/26/12

Global HW #20

1. What made Sardinia the leader in the Italian nationalist movement?Italian nationalists looked to the Kingdom of Sardinia for leadership. Sardinia was the

only Italian state ruled by an Italian dynasty. It included the Piedmont, Nice, and Savoy

as well as the island of Sardinia. It was the largest and most powerful of the Italian statesand had the most liberal government.

2. (a) Why did Cavour make an agreement with Napoleon III? (b) What were the terms?

(c) What were the results?

(a)Cavour knew that Sardinia was going to need help from another Great Power to driveAustria out of northern Italy.

(b) In 1858, the French emperor and Cavour had a secret meeting at which Napoleon

agreed to help drive Austria out of Lombardy and Venetia. To return the favor, Cavour

promised to give France the border regions of Nice and Savoy.(c) Cavour soon provoked a war with Austria. The French-Sardinian army quickly won

two victories against the Austrians. Italian nationalists revolted against Austria all acrossnorthern Italy. They demanded that Sardinia take over their lands.

3. (a) How was the kingdom of Italy established? (b) What additional territories were

joined to it later?(a)In March 1861, an Italian parliament met at Turin and declared Victor Emmanuel II

king of Italy. The new nation thus had a government headed by a constitutional monarch

and an elected parliament. (b) In 1866, Venetia became part of the new nation. In 1871,

Italy took over the Papal States. Tome became the national capital of a unitedItaly.

4. What problems did the united Italy face?After Cavour's death, Italy lacked strong national leadership. Within the Italianparliament, there were no well organized parties with clear-cut policies. As a result,

prime ministers and cabinets changed frequently. Italy also faced many economic

problems. There were bloody peasant revolts in the south and strikes and riots in thenorthern cities. Another problem was massive emigration. Between 1860 and 1910, 4

million Italians moved to the United States and another 1 million went to Argentina.

5) Why did Prussia rather than Austria take the lead in uniting Germany?

Although Austria was the natural leader of Germany, they had many non-Germans whowere trying to break away and also lagged behind Prussia in industrial development.

Prussia, onf the other hand, had mainly a German population. They took the lead by

forming the Zollverein, a free trade area that included all the major German states exceptAustria. Prussia was also the most industrial of the German states.

6) Briefly describe the major steps that Bismarck took to unify Germany.

First, he took the first step and heightened Prussias power. He led them into war withDenmark to win two border provinces. This gave them favor among the Germans.

Bismarck also provoked Austria into going into war with them. They humiliated Austria

in the Seven Weeks War. From this, the Prussians took northern Germany. To gain favor

of the rest of the German states, Bismarck fought with France. They beat the French and

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took southern Germany, unifying Germany as a whole.

7) What lasting effect did the Franco-Prussian War have on relations between France and

Germany?After gaining independence, France unified itself through their hatred and bitterness for

the Germans, and declared Germany Frances public enemy.

8) What political problems did France face under the Third Republic?Napoleon III was exiled and died in exile. Then, the Paris Commune, a radical

government, took control of Paris. After that, France had a war with its own National

Assembly. The National Assembly then agreed on a new government which was theThird Republic. This kept France divided and had a dozen political parties jockeying for

power.

9) How had the balance of power in Europe changed since 1815?

The countries in Europe had people amongst themselves. There was the Crimean War,which was France and Great Britain against Russia. There were also the wars of Italian

and German unification. Then, the Congress of Vienna then had six powers. The balance

of power has been breaking down and chances of war have been increasing.