Imperialism led to a partial rejection of social darwinism Austro-Prussian war of 1866 Enlightenment impact on nationalism Otto von Bismarck

France agreed to become friends with britian because they both wanted territory in sudan to build railroads, but France was way outnumbered and wanted a friend to defend against germany. Lays the groundwork for their alliance in WWI Before this war broke out, Bismarck skillfully negotiated non-interference treaties with Britain and Russia. He then started a war over the two provinces he was sharing with austria, forcing the other smaller German provinces to pick a side, which they did. #Unification After industrialization there was a strong motive to imperialize other parts of the globe to gain access to more raw materials and new markets for manufactured goods. Bismarck got Austria to help him conquer 2 german provinces controlled by Denmark. They won easily and Prussia got one, and Austria got the other.

Prussian-Danish war of 1864 Austria was unable to suppress the growing nationalism in Hungary. This led to the creation of the dual monarchy The emotional aspect of nationalism indicated that nationalism was a reaction against the cold rationality of the enlightenment A nationalism movement that sprang up among European Jews. Enlightenment ideals led to more tolerance for Jews. But Zionism responded to the growing anit-semitism that came back after incidents like the dreufus affair

Since positivism rejected the idea that there was one overarching truth that applied to everyone everywhere, that meant hat all truth was relative. Bismarck wanted to unify with the sounthern German states he had just fought a war with by fighting a common enemy: France. After falsifying a document and starting a war with france, the german states united together and won. Prussian-Danish war of 1864 A method of political maneuvering that sought practical results. "What is the best action for me to take, in order to get what I want?"

Europeans had divided africa with little to no regard for tribal boundaries or conflicts. The native zulu tribe, who had been forced to mine for diamonds, revolted with an army of over 40,000 men, but eventually lost to the british. The emotional aspect of nationalism indicated that nationalism was a reaction against the cold rationality of the enlightenment Created in 1882 by Bismarck. An alliance between germany, austria, and italy which supported the existing political orders in these state, as well as a mutual defence pact against france. Academic German published a collection of fairy tales from German culture. Their goal was to connect living germans with their ancestral roots.