Bismarck and the Blood and Iron Unification of Germany
Analyze Otto von Bismarck's Realpolitik strategy of using wars with Denmark, Austria, and France to forge a unified German Empire in 1871.

Analyze Otto von Bismarck's Realpolitik strategy of using wars with Denmark, Austria, and France to forge a unified German Empire in 1871.
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6th Grade · Social Studies · NCHS
9 lessons
Explore how core 19th-century political philosophies—liberalism, republicanism, and constitutionalism—shaped government reforms and national unifications across Britain, France, the US, and Germany.
[Grades 9-12] Assess the importance of ideas associated with nationalism, republicanism, liberalism, and constitutionalism on 19th-century political life in such states as Great Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Russia, Mexico, Argentina, the Ottoman Empire, China, and Japan. [Identify issues and problems in the past]
[Grades 9-12] Assess the importance of ideas associated with nationalism, republicanism, liberalism, and constitutionalism on 19th-century political life in such states as Great Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Russia, Mexico, Argentina, the Ottoman Empire, China, and Japan. [Identify issues and problems in the past]