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| Which empire in the late 19th century was known as "the Sick Man of Europe"? | The Ottoman Empire |
| What state did Camillo di Cavour represent during the Risorgimento, and what was his job? | Cavour was the Prime Minister for the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia |
| Against which 3 states did Bismarck wage war to unify Germany, and in what order? | Denmark in 1864, Austria in 1866, and finally France in 1870 |
| Who edited the Ems Telegram, and for what purpose? | Otto von Bismarck edited the telegram, which was designed to provoke France into war in 1870. |
| What political government, in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War, was established to turn France into a decentralized and confederated state? | The Paris Commune |
| What policy did Bismarck push to address his concern about conflicting loyalties between religion and the state? | Kulturkampf |
| Which provinces did France cede to Germany in 1871? | Alsace and Lorraine |
| Which provinces were given to Austria and German, respectively, after the war against Denmark in 1864? | Austria received Holstein, and Prussia got Schleswig |
| Who was the first ruler of a united Italy, and where did he come from? | King Victor Emmanuel II, and he first ruled Piedmont-Sardinia |
| Which monarch was placed on the throne of the Habsburg Empire after the revolutions of 1848? | Francis Joseph, or Franz Joseph |
| What kinds of new government reforms emphasized empirical knowledge, objective standards, and talent and skill rather than aristocratic birth? | civil service reforms |
| Largely pushed forward by France, the completion of this project connected the Mediterranean with the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in 1869. | the Suez Canal |
| Mikhail Bakunin believed in and promoted this ideology/philosophy that would not accept the slightest infringement on freedom and liberty, especially by the central state and its laws. | anarchism |
| Who wrote the book Das Kapital, published between 1867 in 1894, which held that the basis of any society – including its politics and culture – derived from the relationships arising from work or production? | Karl Marx |
| Which group in Paris in 1871 propose to liberate the worker and ensure "the absolute equality of women laborers"? | the Communards |
| What was the name of the document, edited by Bismarck and then published , which tried to make it look like the King of Prussia had insulted France (to provoke France into a war)? | the Ems Telegram |
| Which monarch, in the attempt to modernize his country, stated that "reform needs to come from above, so that it doesn't come from below"? | Tsar Alexander II of Russia |
| Which European monarch initially supported Piedmont's confrontation with Austria, but then withdrew the support in order to keep the Italian peninsula divided? | Napoleon III |
| Which leader in the Risorgimento represented more committed republican values, and with thousands of red-shirted volunteers, moved up from the south to meet Piedmont's forces in Naples in 1860? | Giuseppi Garibaldi |
| This monarch, who was raised to hate Jews, instituted anti-Semitic pogroms to unify a country with enforced Orthodox religion and autocratic policies. | Tsar Nicholas II |
| Name the mayor of Vienna, as well as his political party, who simultaneously promoted ethnic nationalism, anti-Semitism, and a criticism of modern capitalism. As well, this mayor's government and ideology significantly influenced Adolf Hitler. | Karl Lueger led the Christian Social Party |
| This activist, influenced by Leon Pinsker, published the Jewish State, which called for the creation of a Jewish nationstate and kick started the movement known as Zionism | Theodor Herzl |
| In 1898 this celebrated novelist wrote an article in response to a controversial case involving a Jewish captain in the French army. Name the novelist, the article, and the captain. | Emile Zola wrote J'accuse in response to the trial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, who was accused of spying for the Germans in 1894. |
| Name the Prime Minister and his party that supported two important steppingstones in the growth of mass politics: The Ballot Act of 1872 and The Reform Act of 1884. | William Gladstone |
| Which Irish leader demanded British support for home rule, which would give Ireland its own parliament, in the late 19th century? | Charles Parnell |
| Generally speaking, which two parties, respectively, did the Whigs and Tories evolve into by the mid-19th century? | the Liberals and the Conservatives |
| Who was probably the most famous conservative parliamentary leader in the 19th century in Britain? He also supported extension of voting rights to working-class men on the gamble that, as Bismarck believed, that the working classes were more conservative than the business elites. | Benjamin Disraeli passed the Second Reform Bill, which extended voting rights to 1 million more men. |
| Name the monarch, and the monarch's spouse, who symbolized a domestic tranquility and propriety, who portrayed themselves as models of morality and British stability? This monarch also reigned from 1837 to 1901. | Queen Victoria, Prince Albert |
| An example of effective nation-building, this program of urban renewal for Paris destroyed much of the old medieval parts of the city, widen the boulevards which separated the rich and the poor, and generally implemented a grand design that included 85 miles of new modernized streets. | Haussmannization, named for the prefect Georges-Eugene Haussmann. (It's important to note that many European cities at this time underwent big renewal projects pushed forward by monarchs and civic leaders) |
