... . This gave Prussia a more favourable position with Russia and contrasted to Austria's lack of actions in the Crimean War. Therefore Bismarck had successfully secured Russia cooperation with Prussia and alienated the apathetic Austria. Next Bismarck secured French neutrality at talks with Napoleon III at Biarritz in October of 1865. Here Bismarck told Napoleon that he could seek compensation (for Prussian ... dominance over Germany) "everywhere French is spoken". Since Napoleon desired to expand beyond the "natural frontiers of France" and wanted to remain ... , making it sound humiliati...

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... no circumstances a legal splitting. But from an overall point of view, the treaty of Verdun can be considered as the reason behind the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire. After the implementation of the treaty of Verdun, everlasting reunion of the various segregated part of the Empire was no longer a realistic one. During the tenure of Karl III, who governed from the year of 885 to 887, there was a brief reconsolidation; but ... after his death in 887 the final and ultimate segregation of the Reich was taken place ... ...

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... deported to be killed from a country that, despite its nineteenth century ghettos and Fascist rule, had no significant anti-Semitic tradition. In 1943, the Jews of Italy were in proportion quite few, thoroughly integrated, and physically indistinguishable from their fellow Christian countrymen. Certainly, it seems, there should not ... took over Greece, where Italians had been bogged down for several months. Mussolini in turn sent 200,000 men to fight beside the Germans on the Russian front in June. Of these, 115,000 were killed, 60,000 were taken prisoner, and those who made their way ....

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... like Louis-Phillipe. Louis-Phillipe retarded growth as bankers and industrialists had to move cautiously behind the scenes in order to not upset the monarch. It was not until 1852, when Napoleon III came to power, that the French industrialist could emerge from the shadows. Napoleon III, however, found his own way to hinder economic progress when he established an extremely centralized government ... economic transition. German tax revenue was used to nationalize the railways, coal mines and design the education curriculum, Napoleon III did comparatively nothing in the way of state econo...

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... (not really fully successful, as our Government had to realize)- also these Maastricht criteria provide far more of an compulsory constitutional framework than the US-Constitution or the German Constitution contains. 16 III/1. Do we need a (new) constitution? Thus with all the four European Treaties there are, indeed, already many elements of a European Constitution in existence. However: Even those among us, who favor ... hidden by a thousand instructions in four European Treaties of more than 80 000, yes 80 000 pages - cannot any longer satisfy the reminder of Thomas Paine. (We cannot ...

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... masses by an almost revolutionary concession-universal and equal manhood suffrage-he now offered them health, old age, and accident insurance provided by the state. The German social welfare system became the most advanced in the world. "The system of Social Insurance which Biz inaugurated in 1881 and completed in 1889 just before his fall would be enough to establish his reputation ... William I's conviction that Biz was the only barrier against democracy. On the other hand he could always get his way with the emperor by threatening to resign and so open the gates to the democratic fl...

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... . In midsummer of 1864, the Austrian-Prussian army defeated Denmark and restored the status-quo. In August of 1865, the Gustein Convention was signed which gave Schleswig to Prussia and Holstein to Austria. Bismarck may have gained an territory, but he still wanted to discourage Austria's influence in the northern German States. So Bismarck began to court Napoleon III, France's new emperor. Napoleon ... wished for "France to be the primary power in ... Europe." (3) but didn't have the leadership to do so. Bismarck hoped that Napoleon would support Prussian dominance in northern Germany,...

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• Grade Level: High School