Nationalism

Nationalism was the basic organizing principle in Western society. Its force contributed to the unification of many nations such as Germany and Italy. Nationalism can also turn people against their old government like the

Russians and cripple nations such as the Ottoman and the Austro-Hungarian empires. Nationalism can make nations but can also break them.

Napoleon III of France played an important role in this triumph of nationalism. In his dictatorship from 1852 to 1870, he showed how the national state and its programs could appeal to rich and poor, conservative and radical. In this way, the national state became a way of coping with the challenge of rapid political and economic change. In Italy, Count Cavour, the nationalist leader of the kingdom of Sardinia, managed to unify most of Italy in 1860 into a single political. One way he did this was by thriving for independence and to get rid of foreigners(DOC3). This is saying that that Italians and only Italians are smart and have the best country in the world. In 1862, Otto von Bismarck became chief minister of Prussia. Otto von Bismarck's main idea that he shared with his people was blood