Ch 22.1

In the 1830s, Prussia created a union called the Zollverein, which promoted German unity by

• establishing German as the official language.

• establishing Frederick William IV as king of a united German state.

• removing tariff barriers between German states.

• banding together to fight Napoleon’s invading forces.

In Bismarck’s practice of Realpolitik, his political actions were guided by

• the needs of the people.

• traditional morality.

• the principle of divine right.

• the needs of the state.

After the defeat of Napoleon I, the Congress of Vienna created the German Confederation headed by

• Russia.

• Prussia.

• Austria.

• Hungary.

Bismarck became the king’s highest official when he assumed the title of

• prime minister.

• Kaiser.

• president.

• chancellor.

When the Frankfurt Assembly offered Frederick William IV of Prussia the throne of a united German state in 1848, the ruler refused because

• not all the German states were included.

• the offer came from “the people.”

• the real power would remain with the individual states.

• the governments of the states had not agreed to the offer.

Bismarck’s editing of the Ems dispatch resulted in

• an alliance between France and Prussia.

• an alliance between Sardinia and Prussia.

• a war between Sardinia and Prussia.

• a war between France and Prussia.

In the government Bismarck set up for the German empire, membership in the Reichstag was determined by

• a vote of all male citizens.

• inherited titles of nobility.

• appointment by the rulers of the German states.

• Bismarck.