FRQ: Analyze the major economic and political factors that allowed for the unification of Germany in the late nineteenth century.
Thesis: Major political and social events in Prussia, Austria, and the German States combined to unify the German empire by 1870.
Political
- Strong German Nationalism from Hagel, Fikte, and Father Juan
- Nationalism sensed at Frankfurt Assembly
- Crimean War Weakens Austria
- The confederation of the German States from 1815 was restored in 1850
- Otto Von Bismark becomes Chief minister of Prussia who practiced Realpolitik
- Northern Confederation
- 7 Weeks War: Prussia invades Austria with highly trained soldiers and Needle gun.
- Bismark draws in southern states with the Franco-Prussian War
Economic
- Due to the Confederation of German States restored in 1850, the economy of loosely combined states began to grow and gave Germans a glimpse into the future of a unified state
- Zollverien (Tariff Union) in Prussia
- United by Rails
- United by Telegraph
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