German Unification Vocabulary Flashcards

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Otto von Bismarck

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• a leader from Prussia who succeeding in unifying German-speaking states under Prussian rule

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chancellor

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the highest official of a monarch

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Realpolitik

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• realistic politics based on the needs of the state

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annex

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• to take control of, usually referring to land

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kaiser

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• emperor

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Kulturkampf

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• the “battle for civilization” in which Bismarck took several measures to make Catholics put loyalty to the state above allegiance to the Church

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William II

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• the kaiser of Germany beginning
  in 1888, who asked Bismarck to resign

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social welfare

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• programs to help certain groups of people in a society