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| Frankfurt Assembly | Was the first freely elected Parliament of Germany (May 1, 1848) |
| Reichstag | The lower house of the German legislature |
| Bundesrat | The upper house of the German legislature - the council of the State Ministers |
| Kulturkampf | this was the conflict between the civic govt. and the Catholic authorities over education and religious appointments |
| Realpolitik | a political belief that politics should be determined by reality, not by beliefs, ideals, ethics or morals |
| Synthetic Materials | think: metals - this is where two or more natural resources are brought together or changed chemically. Synthetic metals were what made the Prussian military dominant |
| Vatican City | Home of the Pope and Catholicism in Rome - this is the smallest Nation State in the world |
| Zollverein | The Free Trade Union and Free Trade Zone States of Germany that led to dominance of the Prussian Economy |
| Hohenzollerns | Royal Family of Prussia - Willhelm I & II are members |
| Otto Von Bismark | Prime Minister who first unified the German States under Wilhelm I |
| Napoleon III | Leader of France during this time of shifting balance of power in Europe |
| Wilhelm I | Leader of the Hohenzollern family who was in power during German Unification |
| Wilhelm II | Leader of the Hohenzollern family who pushed Bismark out and whose brash leadership led to WWI |
| Who fought in the Danish War | Denmark vs. Austria and Prussia |
| Who fought in the Austro-Prussian War | Austria vs. Prussia (but this meant that Austria had to pull some troops from northern Italy, helping Italian unification) |
| Who fought in the Franco-Prussian War | France vs. Prussia (and, to some degree Italy but this meant that France had to call soldiers home from Italy, helping Italian Unification) |
| Who fought in the Crimean War | Russia vs. France, Britain, what is now Turkey and Piedmont (Cavour) - Austria did not support Russia in this, and then lost their support vs. Prussia |
| Outcomes of the Danish War | Prussia acquires Schleswig - Austria acquires Holstein |
| Outcomes of the Austro-Prussian War | Italy acquired Lombardy from Austria, Prussia acquired several Southern German states from Austria |
| Outcomes of the Franco-Prussian War | Italy acquired Venetia from France and Prussia acquired Alsasce and Lorraine |
| Outcomes of the Crimean War | Russia was crushed and forbidden to use the Black sea. This kept Russian expansion into Turkey and eastern Europe, maintaining the balance of power in Europe |
