Statistics for Edexcel History 5. The Unification of Germany II

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Question or Term	Answer	% Correct
The decade from which Prussia increased food production by introducing and developing more productive food crops such as potatoes and turnips	1830's	100%
Those two most significant countries, Prussia's railway network was superior to by the 1860's and 70's, in alphabetical order	Austria and France	100%
The dominant sector of the Austria economy through the 1850's	Agriculture	0%
An 1863 treaty between Prussia and Russia which allowed for military cooperation between the two to defeat the January Uprising, thereby improving Russo-Prussian relations	Alvensleben Convention	0%
An 1867 agreement that saw Hungary regain some sovereignty in the form of a somewhat more liberalised dual monarchy	Austro-Hungarian Compromise	0%
That war in which Otto von Bismarck counseled William I to accept peace so as to prevent giving reason for outside intervention and prevent causing their enemy greater enmity in the future when Prussia may rely on their neutrality	Austro-Prussian War	0%
A war in which Prussia defeated numerically superior Austria due to technological superiority and Austrian tactical blunders	Austro-Prussian War	0%
The four states aside from Austria that were not members of the North German Confederation, in alphabetical order	Baden, Bavaria, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Württemberg	0%
The decisive engagement of the Austro-Prussian War in which Prussia defeated Austria causing the latter to sue for peace lest Vienna fall and the empire potentially dissolve	Battle of Könnigrätz	0%
A battle during the Franco-Prussian War in September 1870 in which a French army moving to relieve Metz was defeated by the Germans and Napoleon III was captured, later being deposed by the revolutionary Government of National Defence	Battle of Sedan	0%
An 1865 meeting between Napoleon III and Otto von Bismarck in which the formed agreed to remain neutral in any future Austro-Prussian conflict so as not to antagonise Italy, and assuming Prussia would be defeated thus strengthening France's negotiating hand over lands west of the Rhine	Biarritz Meeting	0%
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	Bill of Indemnity	0%
The appointed upper house of the German Parliament which could refuse consent to any legislation and - with the consent of William I - dissolve the Reichstag	Bundesrat	0%
An 1865 treaty between Austria and Prussia that ensured joint Austro-Prussian sovereignty over both duchies, though with Austria administering Holstein, and Prussia Schleswig, giving Otto von Bismarck a pretext to quarrel with Austria in future	Convention of Gastein	0%
That which dissolved in 1867 over a split between left liberals and nationalist liberals resulting from the peace terms of the Austro-Prussian War	Deutscher Nationalverein	0%
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	Deutscher Nationalverein	0%
A defensive alliance negotiated under the leadership of Otto von Bismarck between Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1879 for mutual defence against Russia	Dual Alliance	0%
A canal linking the North Sea at Tönning and Baltic Sea at Kiel via Schleswig-Holstein, considered economically important to the Prussians	Eider Canal	0%
Those three rivers that superseded the Danube in German economic importance by the 1860's thanks to Prussian state investment, in alphabetical order	Elbe, Oder, and Rhine	0%
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	Ems Telegram	0%
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	Federal Convention	0%
The factor by which steam engines operating in Prussia outnumbered those operating in Austria by 1865	Four-fold	0%
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	France	0%
The name which many consider might more accurately be given to the Franco-Prussian War	Franco-German War	0%
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	Frankfurt Conference	0%
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	Free Conservative Party	0%
The economic policy embraced by Prussian Minister-President Otto von Manteuffel, characterised by the reducing of regulations	Free Trade	0%
Chief of Staff of the Prussian and later German army who led the successful campaigns against Austria and France in 1866 and 1870-71 respectively	General Helmuth von Moltke (1800 - 1891)	0%
That which Otto von Bismarck embraced in the late 1850's so as to manipulate it to further Prussian power	German Nationalism	0%
That which the four independent southern German states agreed to in 1871 for fear of threatening their thrones by outraging their people (encouraged by Otto von Bismarck), whipped up into a German nationalist fervour by victory against the French	German Unification	0%
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	Hohenzollern Candidature Crisis	0%
That duchy which Austria sought to transfer administration of from itself to the Federal Convention, thereby violating Prussia's joint sovereignty under the Convention of Gastein, being an immediate cause of the Austro-Prussian War	Holstein	0%
That house which Napoleon III and French Foreign Minister Gramont demanded William I renounce in perpetuity its rights to the Spanish succession	House of Hohenzollern	0%
A large 1863-64 uprising in Russia aimed at restoring the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ultimately defeated despite French, British, and most importantly Austrian sympathies	January Uprising	0%
A state or provincial parliament as in Prussia	Landtag	0%
A mostly middle class Prussian military reserve force, which could be called on during emergencies	Landwehr	0%
That country the great fortress of which, Prussian troops were required to withdraw from - though the country would remain within the Zollverein - in exchange for Napoleon III backing down over the eponymous crisis	Luxembourg	0%
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	Luxembourg Crisis	0%
The French emperor whose expansionist policies pushed the four independent southern German states into the arms of Prussia out of German nationalist fears of French domination	Napoleon III	0%
A dominant German party formed in 1867 after splitting from the German Progress Party which was much more cooperative with Otto von Bismarck	National Liberal Party	0%
A federal union of northern German states under Prussian domination, existing from 1867 - 71	North German Confederation	0%
That which France was confident in declaring war on in 1870 believing the Austria and the four independent southern German states would join it, the latter four of which sided with that in question, and the former of which refused to join without them	North German Confederation	0%
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	North German Constitution	0%
That region of which it was Otto von Bismarck's principle aim to dominate as opposed to the unification of Germany	North Germany	0%
That Prussian Minister-President who relaxed the use of censorship, instead publishing government friendly articles to counter critical ones	Otto von Manteuffel	0%
The principal treaty - signed on the 23rd August 1866 - that ended the Austro Prussian War	Peace of Prague	0%
That treaty under which Austria had to renounce any claims to German leadership, recognise the dissolution of the German Confederation, and cede Venetia to France (which immediately ceded it to Italy)	Peace of Prague	0%
That treaty under which Prussia annexed Hanover, Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse-Cassel, Nassau, and Frankfurt	Peace of Prague	0%
That country, the politics of which were dominated by agriculturalist Junkers, and industrialists from the 1840's onwards	Prussia	0%
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	Prussian-Italian Alliance	0%
That principle which came to the fore amongst conservatives and liberals alike after the idealism of 1848-50	Realism	0%
A system of politics based on practical, pragmatic, and realistic rather than ideological considerations, as espoused by people like Otto von Bismarck	Realpolitik	0%
Practical and technical focussed secondary schools in Prussia that proved effective in producing highly skilled and well trained scientists and engineers, aiding industrialisation	Realschulen	0%
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	Reichstag	0%
That geographic feature which was key to the Austrian economy	River Danube	0%
A short lived 1862-67 French client state that collapsed under opposition military pressure leading to a humiliation for Napoleon III	Second Mexican Empire	0%
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	Second Schleswig War	0%
That war in which Austria allied with Prussia so as to quash nationalism and prevent Prussia from growing to powerful	Second Schleswig War	0%
The factor by which Prussian pig-iron production eclipsed Austrian production in 1870?	Seven-fold	0%
The alternative name for the Austro-Prussian War, given in lieu of the conflict's duration	Seven Weeks War	0%
A siege during the Franco-Prussian War from August to October 1870 after which much of the French army surrendered to German forces	Siege of Metz	0%
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	Siege of Paris	0%
The factor by which Prussian pig-iron production increased from 1850 to 1870	Six-fold	0%
The two cities in which Otto von Bismarck was ambassador before becoming Minister President of Prussia, chronologically	St. Petersburg and Paris	0%
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	Treaty of Frankfurt	0%
An 1864 treaty which handed control of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark to a joint Austro-Prussian administration after the Second Schleswig War	Treaty of Vienna	0%
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	Treaty of Vienna	0%
That comment made by Otto von Bismarck on the foundation of the North German Confederation	'We have done enough for our generation'	0%
A customs union parliament with delegates from the North German Confederation and the four independent southern German states, intended to encourage cooperation between the two	Zollparlament	0%