![]() ![]() In 1870 Prussia leads a united Germany to victory over France after Bismarck tricks France into declaring war on Prussia.īismarck’s Accomplishment’s: Bismarck does succeed in making Prussia a world power. ![]() Prussian Supremacy: Bismarck wanted to make his homeland Prussia a great power, in doing so he united central Europe based upon its German heritageĮvil Genius: In 1860 Prussia defeated Denmark with Austria’s help, in 1866 Prussia defeated Austria in 7 weeks. Famous from uniting Germany under Prussian rule.īlood & Iron: Bismarck’s plan to unite Germany based on German “blood” (nationality) and Prussian “iron” military conquest and of course the notorious O.V.B.’s diplomatic trickery. Otto Von Bismarck: The Prime Minister of Prussia in the late 1800’s. The division of the German people began to end in 1860 when the Prime Minister of Prussia (Prussia was the 2nd largest of the German States) a man by the name of Otto Von Bismarck began to take steps to unite the German people under one ruler. While many of the people living in these states shared a common, language, a common culture, common history and for the most part a common language the German people had been intentionally left divided at the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars (1815). As late as 1860 the area we today call Germany was divided up into 39 separate states. In fact Germany the country is one of the more recent additions to the map of Europe. The nation we currently know as Germany was not always a country. Part 1 of 2: Read the following information and answer the questions that follow concerning Prussia’s expansion and unification of Germany under Otto von Bismarck’s Leadership. ![]()
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