Nationalism in Europe Clash of Philosophies Conservative wealthy
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Nationalism in Europe
Clash of Philosophies � Conservative: wealthy property owners and nobility; wanted to protect the monarchies � Liberal: middle class business leaders, merchants; wanted elected parliaments but only for the educated landowners � Radical: democracy for all people
Nationalism � Nationalism: the belief that people’s greatest loyalty should not be to a king or empire but to a nation of people who share a common culture � Nation-state: when a nation has its own government
Nationalism in Europe � 1848 Revolutions: ethnic uprisings occur throughout Europe � The Greeks and other Balkan nations fight the Ottoman Empire � Ethnic groups split up Austrian Empire � Russification forces non-Russian ethnic groups to accept the Russian culture
France � New government overthrows Louis-Philippe for Louis-Napoleon (Emperor Napoleon III) ◦ Louis-Napoleon promoted railroads, industrialization, and public works leading to prosperity in France
Germany The Unification of Germany and Italy Leaders: (2) ______ War _______ Weeks’ War Resulting Government: Both Italy Leaders are… Leaders: (2) Many separate states united by spirit of ________. One state led ______ War with ______ Resulting Government: At start some territories and states held by ________ left out of confederation Treaty left ______ in control of Vatican City Resistance by ______ Cultural divisions remain between _______ and _________ Religion: ______ led unification drive.
