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In 1859, graffiti reading "VERDI,"
which appeared on the walls of Italian cities. represented
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a cryptic call for Italian unification under the
leadership of Vittorio Emmanuele Re d'Italia ("king of Italy").
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The revolutions of 1848 led to all of the
following developments except
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A) the fall of the Second Empire.
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The closing of cafes
where politics might be discussed was an example of
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A) Napoleon III's willingness to wantonly and ruthlessly
suppress all political dissent and critical public dialogue regarding
his government.
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. Napoleon III offered the Austrian emperor Francis Joseph's
brother, Maximilian,
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A) control of Mexico and ultimately all of Central America.
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The Crimean Nkar began as a war between
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Russia and the Ottoman
Empire.
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The Crimean War
(1853-1856) accomplished Napoleon III's
goal of
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severing the
alliance between the Austrian Habsburgs and Russia.
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In the Crimean War of 1853-1856, Britain and France fought
to
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defend the Ottoman Empire from dismemberment by Russia.
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Florence Nightingale
became famous in the mid-nineteenth century as
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a nurse.
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Alexander 11's Great
Reforms inspired unrest and ethnic nationalism in the Russian Empire; the great irony of this situation is that the reforms were
intended to
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preserve the
social hierarchy and maintain the status quo in Russia.
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Although Tsar Alexander
II freed the serfs, a free, mobile labor force was stymied by
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the fact that former serfs remained tied to a system of communal
landowning and decision making.
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In exchange for French help in driving Austria out of Italy, Cavour
offered Napoleon III
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Savoy and the city of Nice.
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Italian unification
in 1861 was led by the kingdom
of Piedmont-Sardinia
because
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it had
industry, a good economy, a strong army, and the backing of France.
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What enraged Cavour
following the rout of the Austrians by Italian and French forces?
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Napoleon
signed a treaty with Francis Joseph granting Venetia to Austria.
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William I appointed Otto von Bismarck chancellor in 1862
in the hopes that he would
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put down the
growing power of the liberals in the Prussian parliament.
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By urging Austria
to join Prussia in a war to
save the provinces of Schleswig and Holstein from Danish territorial ambitions,
Bismarck
shrewdly
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precipitated France's
alliance with Russia,
which provoked Francis Joseph to send troops to the Franco-Austrian
border, thus dividing his army in half.
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