WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who played an important role in the unification of Germany?
A
Kaiser William I
B
Otto Von Bismarck
C
Duke Metternich
D
Cavour
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1862, Otto von Bismarck was appointed Prussia’s Prime Minister under King Wilhelm I and he devoted himself to the task of uniting the German states under Prussian leadership.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Q. Otto Von Bismark was the chancellor of King William II who led the movement for the unification of Germany.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was not until 1871 that Germany was unified by Otto von Bismarck, the Chancellor of Prussia. The united nation-state lacked common traditions; it lacked shared political norms. In fact, ‘German Central Europe’ is the term one ought to use-not ‘Germany’-until 1871.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bismarck, Otto von remains one of the most significant political figures of modern Germany. This stature derives from his contribution to the creation and shaping of the modern German state as Prussian minister president and imperial chancellor from 1862 to 1890.

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