Edexcel History 5. The Unification of Germany II

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The factor by which Prussian pig-iron production eclipsed Austrian production in 1870?

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

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

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

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

That which dissolved in 1867 over a split between left liberals and nationalist liberals resulting from the peace terms of the Austro-Prussian War

That treaty over which the principle dispute it caused was how Schleswig-Holstein should be governed, Austria supporting the Augustenburg claim, and Prussia supporting annexation

A May 1871 treaty that formally ratified the February 1871 Treaty of Versailles, ending the Franco-Prussian War, forcing France to pay indemnities, cede Alsace and much of Lorraine, and officially founded the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm I

That Prussian Minister-President who relaxed the use of censorship, instead publishing government friendly articles to counter critical ones

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A war in which Prussia defeated numerically superior Austria due to technological superiority and Austrian tactical blunders

A siege during the Franco Prussian War from September 1870 to January 1871 after which the French revolutionary government surrendered due to starvation and the defeat of all newly raised provincial armies in the field

That geographic feature which was key to the Austrian economy

That comment made by Otto von Bismarck on the foundation of the North German Confederation

A successful 1866 bill by the newly elected liberal-conservative balanced Prussian Landtag that 'forgave' Otto von Bismarck all his past 'transgressions' against them since 1862, marking a move towards greater cooperation for a Kleindeutschland solution

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

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

The country at which a secret 1867 defensive alliance between Prussia under Otto von Bismarck and the four independent southern German states was principally though not exclusively aimed against

An influential (particularly in Prussia) liberal nationalist political association of upper and middle class Germans promoting a kleindeutschland solution under Prussian leadership from 1859 to 1867

The factor by which Prussian pig-iron production increased from 1850 to 1870