HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Victor Emmanuel Ii Of Italy, Unification Of Germany, Slavs
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Lecture 9 outline - nationalism & the new imperialism. Karl marx & friedrich engels publish the communist manifesto (1848) Socio-political movement that aims for a classless and stateless society. Common ownership of the means of production. An end of wage labor and private property. Russia & france disagree over who should have access to holy regions of middle east [namely. Russia also desires to protect the christian holy shrines in region as well. Russia sends troops into middle east & invades moldavia & wallachia. Ottoman turks declare war on russia (october 1853) France & great britain declare war on russia (march 1854) & invade crimean peninsula. Sevastopol falls (september 1855) as russia sues for peace. The treaty of paris (1856) ends the conflict. Russia surrenders bessarabia and accepts a neutralized black sea. Moldavia and wallachia now controlled by great powers. Prussian prime minister otto von bismarck has plan to unify german states through blood and.