WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who led the German unification, and strengthened Prussia’s Army?
A
Victor Emmanuel
B
Camillo di Cavour
C
Giuseppe Garibaldi
D
Wilhelm I
E
Otto von Bismarck
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Otto Von Bismarck was the Prussian Chancellor. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the 1860s, Otto von Bismarck, then Minister President of Prussia, provoked three short, decisive wars against Denmark, Austria, and France, aligning the smaller German states behind Prussia in its defeat of France. In 1871 he unified Germany into a nation-state, forming the German Empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was only under the leadership of Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) that Prussia defeated Austria, and Bismarck was able to unite the people and the military in his Crusade for Germany.

Detailed explanation-4: -Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian politician who became Germany’s first-ever chancellor, a position in which he served from 1871 to 1890. Through a series of wars, he unified 39 individual states into one German nation in 1871.

Detailed explanation-5: -Strengthening the Army As Prussia’s prime minister, Bismarck first moved to build up the Prussian army. Despite his “blood and iron” speech, the liberal legislature refused to vote for funds for the military. In response, Bismarck strengthened the army with money that had been collected for other purposes.

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