| A | B |
| Mazzini | Founder of young Italy, a sercet society dedicated to the unification of Italy; the soul of Italianunficiation |
| "The Soul" | Giuseppe Mazzini |
| Cavor | Prime minister of Piedmont who led the drive for Italian unification; the brains of Italian unification |
| "The Brain" | Count Camillo Cavor |
| Garibaldi | Leader of the red shirts in the unification of italy: The sword of Italian unification |
| "The sword" | Giuseppe Garibaldi |
| Sectionalism | Extreme devotiion to the interests of one part or region of the country |
| Abolitionist | a person acting to end slavery |
| Abolition | to erase, obliterate, destroy |
| Secede | To withdraw formally from an organized body |
| Tariff | a tax on imported goods |
| Balance of power | Distribution of political and economic power that prevents one nation from becoming too strong |
| conservatism | set of beliefs held by those who want to preserve traditiional ways |
| imperialism | domination by one country of the political, economic, and cultural life of another country or region |
| Nationalism | A feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country |
| Liberalism | Way of thinking that supports personal freedom, democracy, and reforms |
| Republic | System of government in which officials are chosen by the people |
| franco-prussian war | War between France and germany, after which bismark united all the german states to form the german empire |
| Austro-Prussian War | war fought between Austria and prussia, won by Prussia also called the seven weeks war |
| Blood and Iron | Bismark's policy of using war to achieve his goals of unifying germany and expanding it's power |
| Seven week War | another name for the Austro-prussian war of 1866 |
| Treaty of Frankfurt | Treaty ending the franco-prussian war in 1871 |
| Unification | Bringing together under one government |
| Self determination | the right of a group of people to decide on their own type of government |
| Sardinia-Piedmont | Italian kingdom controlled by Count Camillo Cavor |
| Papal states | The section of Italy ruled by the pope |