WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which individual is associated with the phrase blood and iron as related to the unification of Germany?
A
Otto von Bismarck
B
Giuseppe Garibaldi
C
Kaiser Wilhelm II
D
Count Camillo di Cavour
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Blood and Iron (German: Blut und Eisen) is the name given to a speech made by Otto von Bismarck given on 30 September 1862, at the time when he was Minister President of Prussia, about the unification of the German territories.

Detailed explanation-2: -His meaning was to gain the understanding that the unification of Germany will be brought about through the strength of the military forged in iron and the blood spilled through warfare.

Detailed explanation-3: -Contents. Germany became a modern, unified nation under the leadership of the “Iron Chancellor” Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), who between 1862 and 1890 effectively ruled first Prussia and then all of Germany.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prince Bismarck continued to make the new empire stronger until he was dismissed by a new emperor in 1890. He got his nickname, ‘The Iron Chancellor’, when he said that Germany could only become a great power through blood and iron.

Detailed explanation-5: -His main goal was to further strengthen the position of Prussia in Europe. Bismarck had a number of primary aims: to unify the north German states under Prussian control. to weaken Prussia’s main rival, Austria, by removing it from the German Federation.

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