World History B

Unit 4 Lesson 2- The Unification Between Germany and Italy Questions- Germany 1. How did Bismarck achieve his goal of unification and a strong Germany? He created a strong military and engaged in several wars. 2. What did Bismarck do to increase the support he had from the working class? He provided them with more benefits, such as health care and retirement.  Questions- Italy 1. What was Count Cavour's ultimate goal? To push the Austrians out of the northern part of Italy. 2. What did Giuseppe Garibaldi want to create in Italy?   A constitutional republic. Notes- Between 1806 and 1812, Napoleon invaded these lands. He organized a number of German states into the Rhine Confederation. After Napoleon’s defeat, the Congress of Vienna created the German Confederation.  German nationalism was a reaction to Napoleon’s reorganization of the German states under French control. German-speaking peoples wanted an independent and unified German state. Not all Germans appreciated Napoleon and his changes. As people fought to free their lands from French rule, a sense of German nationalism emerged. They began to demand a unified German state. Napoleon's defeat did not resolve the issue. At the Congress of Vienna, Metternich opposed nationalist demands. A united Germany, he argued, would require dismantling the governments of the many German states. Instead, conservative peacemakers created the German Confederation, a weak alliance headed by Austria.  Prussia created an economic union called the Zollverein. It dismantled tariff barriers between many German states. Still, Germany remained politically fragmented. In 1848, liberals meeting in the Frankfurt Assembly again demanded German political unity. They offered the throne of a united German state to Frederick William IV of Prussia. The Prussian ruler, however, rejected the notion of a throne offered by “the people.” Bismarck was a master of Realpolotik. Realpolotik is the realistic policies based on the needs of the state, so power was more important than principles.  Although Bismarck was the architect of German unity, he was not really a German nationalist. His main goal was to increase Prussia's power, not to fulfill German nationalist aims. Bismarck's primary loyalty was to the Hohenzollerns, the ruling dynasty of Prussia. Through unification, he hoped to bring more power to the Hohenzollerns Bismarck's first maneuver was to form an alliance in 1864 with Austria. Prussia and Austria then seized the provinces of Schleswig and Holstein from Denmark. After a brief war, Prussia and Austria “liberated” the two provinces and divided up the spoils. Austria was to administer Holstein and Prussia was to administer Schleswig. In 1866, Bismarck invented an excuse to attack Austria. The Austro-Prussian War lasted just seven weeks and ended in a decisive Prussian victory. Prussia then annexed, or took control of, several other north German states. Bismarck dissolved the Austrian-led German Confederation and created a new confederation dominated by Prussia. Austria and four other southern German states remained independent. Bismarck's motives, as always, were strictly practical. Attempting to conquer Austria might have meant a long and risky war for Prussia. Franco-Prussian War-- Germans recalled only too well the invasions of Napoleon I some 60 years earlier. Bismarck played up the image of the French menace to spur German nationalism. For his part, Napoleon III did little to avoid war, hoping to mask problems at home with military glory. Bismarck furthered the crisis by rewriting and then releasing to the press a telegram that reported on a meeting between King William I and the French ambassador. Bismarck's editing of the “Ems dispatch” made it seem that William I had insulted the Frenchman. Furious, Napoleon III declared war on Prussia, as Bismarck had hoped. A superior Prussian force, supported by troops from other German states,...

Unit 4 Lesson 2- The Unification of Germany and Italy   The Unification of Italy-- At Vienna, Austria took control of much of northern Italy, while Hapsburg monarchs ruled various other Italian states. In the south, a French Bourbon ruler was put in charge of Naples and Sicily. In response, nationalists organized secret patriotic societies and focused their efforts on expelling Austrian forces from northern Italy. Between 1820 and 1848, nationalist revolts exploded across the region. Each time, Austria sent in troops to crush the rebels. In the 1830s, the nationalist leader Giuseppe Mazzini founded Young Italy. The goal of this secret society was “to constitute Italy, one, free, independent, republican nation.” In 1849, Mazzini helped set up a revolutionary republic in Rome, but French forces soon toppled it. Like many other nationalists, Mazzini spent much of his life in exile, plotting and dreaming of a united Italy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               To nationalists like Mazzini, a united Italy made sense not only because of geography, but also because of a common language and shared traditions. Nationalists reminded Italians of the glories of ancient Rome and the medieval papacy. To others, unity made practical economic sense. It would end trade barriers among the Italian states and stimulate industry. After 1848, leadership of the Risorgimento, or Italian nationalist movement, passed to the kingdom of Sardinia, which included Piedmont, Nice, and Savoy as well as the island of Sardinia. Its constitutional monarch, Victor Emmanuel II, hoped to join other states to his own, thereby increasing his power.                 In 1852, Victor Emmanuel made Count Camillo Cavour his prime minister. Cavour came from a noble family but favored liberal goals. He was a flexible, practical, crafty politician, willing to use almost any means to achieve his goals. Like Bismarck in Prussia, Cavour was a monarchist who believed in Realpolitik. Once in office, Cavour moved first to reform Sardinia's economy. He improved agriculture, had railroads built, and encouraged commerce by supporting free trade. Cavour's long-term goal, however, was to end Austrian power in Italy and annex the provinces of Lombardy and Venetia.   In 1855, Sardinia, led by Cavour, joined Britain and France against Russia in the Crimean War. Sardinia did not win territory, but it did have a voice at the peace conference. Sardinia also gained the attention of Napoleon III.                                                                                                                                                           ...

Unit 3 lesson 4- Sound and Hearing    True or False: Sound can travel faster through air than it can through water or metal.  False. Sound can travel approximately 331 m/s through air; 1,509 m/s through fresh water; and 5,000 m/s depending on the type of metal it is traveling through. True or False: Loudness is a subjective measurement, meaning it varies depending on who is hearing the sound. This is true. Loudness varies depending on the individual. Intensity, however, is the power of sound per unit area or the wave's energy in a unit area. This is not subjective, and it is measured in decibels. True or False: High frequency sounds have a higher pitch, and low frequency sounds have a lower pitch. This is true. Although pitch can be subjective, it depends on frequency. If something has a high frequency, meaning something is vibrating quickly, it will have a higher pitch or sound like a higher note than something that is vibrating more slowly and has a lower pitch.  

Unit 4 Lesson 3- Changes and Division in Britain and France   What changes were made in Britain to make Parliament fairer? Possible Response: More men were given the right to vote, which gave cities more representation.    What did the Second and Third Reform Acts do to improve British democracy? Possible Response: They gave most working men and farmers the right to vote. 

Unit 6 Lesson 1 World War I Begins-- What were the two main alliances and which countries were in them? Answer: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed the Central Powers. Britain, France, and Russia formed the Allied Powers.   What event sparked World War I?  Answer: the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian   What action by Germany brought Britain into the war?  Answer: Germany invaded the neutral country of Belgium in order to attack France.      The first major alliance had its origins in Bismarck's day. He knew that France longed to avenge its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Sure that France would not attack Germany without help, Bismarck signed treaties with other powers. By 1882, Germany had formed the Triple Alliance with Italy and Austria-Hungary. Although Bismarck had previously signed an alliance with Russia, Kaiser William II did not preserve that alliance, leaving Russia free to seek other allies. Germany and Austria-Hungary fought on the same side. They became known as the Central Powers. A rival bloc took shape in 1893, when France and Russia signed a secret treaty. France was eager to end its isolation and balance the growing power of Germany. In 1904, France and Britain signed an entente, a nonbinding agreement to follow common policies. Though not as formal as a treaty, the entente led to close military and diplomatic ties. Britain later signed a similar agreement with Russia, creating the Triple Entente. When war began, these powers became known as the Allies. Germany signed a treaty with the Ottoman empire. As early as 1867, Britain had signed a treaty to protect Belgium's right to remain neutral in any European conflict. Italy had a secret treaty with France not to attack it. And Russia had agreed to protect Serbia. Britain forged ties with Japan. Economic rivalries helped sour the international atmosphere. Germany, the newest of the great powers, was growing into an economic and military powerhouse. Britain felt threatened by Germany's rapid growth. Germany, in turn, thought the other great powers did not give it enough respect. It also worried about future economic competition from Russia, which had a huge population and vast natural resources.

Unit 6 Lesson 2 Fighting the Great War-- What new military gun made the number of casualties so high? Possible response: machine gun What was the problem with using poison gas? Possible response: The wind could blow it the wrong way. What were three other important weapons developed in World War I? Possible response: tanks, planes, submarines (U-boats), blimps