Edexcel History 5. The Unification of Germany II

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That war in which Prussia allied with Austria so as to prevent the latter attacking it in support of the claim to the duchies by the line of the Prince of Augustenburg

The name which many consider might more accurately be given to the Franco-Prussian War

That region of which it was Otto von Bismarck's principle aim to dominate as opposed to the unification of Germany

A state or provincial parliament as in Prussia

The economic policy embraced by Prussian Minister-President Otto von Manteuffel, characterised by the reducing of regulations

The two cities in which Otto von Bismarck was ambassador before becoming Minister President of Prussia, chronologically

The proportionally elected lower house of the German Parliament, dominated by Prussian parties, particularly the National Liberals, which could legislate and pass non-military budgets

An 1867 crisis in which Otto von Bismarck - after nationalist pressure - objected to Luxembourg's purchase from the Netherlands by France, nearly leading to war, after which Napoleon III backed down

An 1864 treaty which handed control of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark to a joint Austro-Prussian administration after the Second Schleswig War

A secret 1866 alliance in which Italy agreed to support Prussia if Austria declared war on it within three months, in exchange for Prussia making no separate peace until italy conquered Venetia

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A telegram from William I to Otto von Bismarck regarding the Hohenzollern Candidature which - when amended by the latter for release to the press - was made to seem insulting to the French such that is provoked war in 1870

A canal linking the North Sea at Tönning and Baltic Sea at Kiel via Schleswig-Holstein, considered economically important to the Prussians

An 1870 event in which Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern was offered the vacant Spanish Crown by the Spanish Cortes - reluctantly accepted by him and William I under pressure from Otto von Bismarck - leading to a crisis with France after which William I and Leopold withdrew their acceptance

The alternative name for the Austro-Prussian War, given in lieu of the conflict's duration

That body which Prussia issued proposals to exclude Austria from, leading to Austrian mobilisation against Prussia in the lead-up to the Austro-Prussian War

That treaty under which Prussia annexed Hanover, Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse-Cassel, Nassau, and Frankfurt

The more liberal democratic constitution of the North German Confederation which gave all men over 25 the vote and ensured a division of powers though with Bundeskanzler Otto von Bismarck and Federal President William I having huge powers to dominate the confederation

A federal union of northern German states under Prussian domination, existing from 1867 - 71

An 1863 conference of German rulers convened and led by Austria to re-organise the German Confederation though still under an Austrian presidency, which failed due to a Prussian boycott under Otto von Bismarck's advice

A large moderate right-wing German party formed in 1867 after splitting from the German Conservative Party which was much more cooperative with Otto von Bismarck