Essential+Questions

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 * 1) ===**//__ What events promoted German unity during the early 1800's? __//**===
 * 2) ===**//__ Explain the difference between a conservative and a liberal during this time period. __//**===
 * 3) ===**//__ What was the Congress of Vienna? What is Balance of Power? How does this effect the German states? __//**===
 * 4) ===**//__ How does economic unity help bring about political unity? Be sure to talk about the economic union created) __//**===
 * 5) ===**//__ Explain realpolitik and provide examples of how Bismarck used that to his advantage. __//**===
 * 6) ===**//__ What doe the famous "blood and iron" speech represent, and how does this further impact the unification movement? __//**===
 * 7) ===**//__ How does warfare play a role in the unification process? __//**===
 * 8) ===**//__ How was the new German government structured, and who held the real power in the new, unified State? __//**===
 * 9) ===**//__ What economic and industrial advancements does Germany make well after the unification process? __//**===

**//__ 1. The Denmark, Austria, and France wars. __//**
The question is in regards to EARLY 1800's not the 1850's/1860's. What events happen much earlier that leads to German nationalism? Napoleon? Congress of Vienna? etc...

**//__ 2. Liberals wanted immidiate change and spoke out to mostly middle class people. Otto von Bismark was a ConservativeWhich wanted change to come very slowly __//**
__Good__

** //__3__// ** . Congress of Vienna, was set in September 1814 to June 1815 to regain the balance of power in Europe after they fell cause of French emperor Napoleon I.
Good, but could be more elaborated

** //4. Germany had many different currencys.// **** //The// ** Zollverein brang all of germany into the same economic system.
OK, but once again, needs more explanation. ABC-CLIO does a great job with the Zollverein ===**//__ 5. Realpolitik also known as "the politics of reality" is a political approach that calls for practical methods to achieve the interests of the indivdual of the state without regard for ethical concerns. This term was created by August Ludwig von Rochau, a German political theorist. Bismarck would cajole, bribe, and lie his way to german Unification. Bismarck used repolitik to his advantage in many ways. __//**===

**//__ 6. The speech, blood and iron, spoken by Otto Von Bismark was a representation of germany becoming independant and unified as a country. __//**
What about its representation of military strength. and the need to build up the military?

===**//__ 7. Warfare was important in the unification of Germany because without the germans bringing war against some other european contries got germany land, and improved their partiatism and nationalism. Also, france attacking united germany once again to stand strong. __//**=== No mention of the wars with Denmark or Austria? These are two very important components of German unification! 8. Back then, most of the power was for the leader, but power went to the upper house and lower house to. The upper house made small, inside the country decisions. The lower houes could only deny the upper house decitions. The leader, however, could change anything he liked. 9. Most advances were in the financal department, in independance, money, and population. Needs more explanation