HIST 1003 : Exam 2 German Unification
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1871- time of turmoil that is going to lead directly to the great war (americans called it the european. Danube flows through austria); this meant these people were mostly catholic: north germans were protestant; most rivers flowed north which meant that trade moved to. Prussia; these countries looked to prussia for leadership. After 1830, prussia began to build railroads; tariff union 1818 (zollverein)- north german countries wanted to be a part of this tariff union. He knew he couldn"t get away with it forever but he exploited. 1864- danish war (warm-up war: defeated denmark easily; earned him popular approval and acclaim. 1866- went to war against austria; austro-prussian war: austria was not industrialized- prussia was more equipped to rapidly move and supply troops, prussians had breach-loading rifles rather than loading from the front. War of the german giants - prussia won within six weeks. Austria; now called the north german confederation with austria, bavaria, badeh,
