Name: World History – Nationalism DBQ

SOURCE: This excerpt is from Count Cavour who was named prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia in 1852. As a diplomat, he provided the “brains” of Italian unification.

“We ardently wish to free Italy from foreign rule....We want to drive out foreigners not only because we want to see our country powerful and glorious, but because we want to elevate the Italian people in intelligence and moral development.”

What action did Cavour recommend in this excerpt?

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SOURCE: Giuseppe Garibaldi, the “sword” of Italian unification, added the southern Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Italy in 1861. He describes his “Red Shirts” with these words.

“O noble Thousand!...I love to remember you!...Where any of our brothers are fighting for liberty, there all Italians must hasten!-such was your motto. Let him who loves his country in his heart, and not with his lips only, follow me.”

What was Garibaldi trying to accomplish in this speech?

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SOURCE: These words were spoken by Otto von Bismarck, who some people feel single-handedly unified Germany and started it on its road to greatness. He explains the process for unification of Germany.

“I had shown plainly the direction in which I was going. Prussia...could no longer carry alone the power that Germany required for its security. That must be equally distributed over all German peoples. We would get not nearer our goal by speeches, associations, or decisions by the majority. We would not be able to avoid serious contest with Austria. This contest could only be settled by blood and iron. There is one way to guarantee our success. The deputies must place the greatest possible weight of blood and iron in the hands of the King of Prussia.”

What was Bismarck’s method for uniting Germany?

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SOURCE: Giuseppe Mazzini: Instructions for the Members of Young Italy

“YOUNG Italy is a brotherhood of Italians who believe in a law of Progress and Duty, and are convinced that Italy is destined to become one nation--convinced also that she possesses sufficient strength within herself to become one, and that the ill success of her former efforts is to be attributed not to the weakness, but to the misdirection of the revolutionary elements within her--that the secret of force lies in constancy and unity of effort. They join this association in the firm intent of consecrating both thought and action to the great aim of re-constituting Italy as one independent sovereign nation of free men and equals....”

According to Mazzini, what was the goal of Young Italy?

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SOURCE: “Right Leg in the Boot at Last” - In this 1860 British cartoon, the king of Sardinia is receiving control of lands taken bythe nationalist Garibaldi. The act was one ofthe final steps in the unification of Italy. What symbol does the cartoonist use for the soon-to-be nation of Italy?

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How is Garibaldi portrayed?

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What does the title of the cartoon say about the cartoonist’s view of Italian unification?

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SOURCE: Nationalism Changes the Map of Europe How did nationalism change each of the following: (a) Italy (b) Germany (c) Austrian empire (d) Ottoman empire??

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