WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who most likely said the following:“it is not by speeches and majority resolutions that the great questions of the time are decided-that was the big mistake of 1848 and 1849-but by iron and blood.”
A
Garibaldi
B
Cavour
C
Simon Bolivar
D
Bismarck
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Otto von Bismarck Quotes The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Detailed explanation-2: -Conversation. Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided-that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849-but by iron and blood.-Otto von Bismarck, #OTD in 1862.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although an arch-conservative, Bismarck introduced progressive reforms-including universal male suffrage and the establishment of the first welfare state-in order to achieve his goals. He manipulated European rivalries to make Germany a world power, but in doing so laid the groundwork for both World Wars.

Detailed explanation-4: -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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