Bismarck and German Unification by Russell Williams Cheltenham
and Gloucester College Key aspects to consider - Different
ideas: Grossdeutsch or Kleindeutsch? - The failure of the 1848
revolutions. - Development of Prussia from 1815 to 1862. -
Bismarck‘s aims: planner or opportunist? - What Prussian
problems faced Bismarck in 1862? - Relations with Austria, wars
and 1866-71. - Relations with France. - The German and the
imperial constitution, 1871. Working with the information Make
notes on these items - What do you understand by the terms
‘nationalism’ and ‘liberalism’? Was Bismarck either a German
nationalist or a liberal? - What was the role of Austria in
Germany from 1815 to 1866? - Why was Prussia the strongest of
the German states? - Draw a map to indicate the stages of
unification from 1862 to 1871. Mark which countries supported
Bismarck, which opposed and which were neutral. - What role was
played in German unification by the following: - The Zollverein;
- William I; - Moltke and Roon; - Napoleon III