Historic Unification Tactics

Historic Unification Tactics and Moves

Throughout history many different countries have been divided, strengthened and reunited. Two major countries that underwent division and reunification were Germany and Italy. Bismarck had used many different tactics, some successful and some unsuccessful, to strengthen and better unify Germany. The tactics that Bismarck utilized can be saw also by Abraham Lincoln in the United States. In Italy, Garibaldi and Cavour had attempted to bring the states and regions of Italy back together to unify all of parts of the country. Cavor and Garibaldi’s tactics had differed greatly and also were very similar to the tactics that Bismarck had used to unify Germany.

Bismarck used many tactics to help unify Germany.

One way that Lincoln is similar to Bismarck is that he was trying to unify the United States by freeing the slaves and keeping the northern and southern parts of the United States content. One tactic that Bismarck used that is comparable to Lincoln’s tactic is that Bismarck attacked the Catholic Church and was vocal about his fighting for the separation of church and government. This relates to Lincoln’s tactic of being vocal and fighting against slavery. These two figures in history relate because they are being vocal about their opinions and are fighting for what they believe is right. In addition to fighting for what they believe in and being vocal, both leaders were trying to strengthen the government and reunify their country. Bismarck was trying to strengthen the German government by getting rid of the division by fighting against the socialists and the Church. This relates to Lincoln because he was reunifying the United States by supporting the north in the Civil War and getting rid of

One way that Garibaldi had helped establish unity in Italy is that he wanted to create a republic government in Italy. This helped to create unity in Italy because he was suggesting a change for the government that would result in a fresh start for everyone in Italy. Garibaldi had put together an army of 1,000 red-shirted volunteers. Garibaldi had accepted help from Cavour, so Cavour had provided weapons and the ships for Garibaldi and his force to go to Sicily. Garibaldi and his army had won control of Sicily. This had resulted in Italy becoming more unified because the future was looking bright for the country, since they had unified Sicily with Italy. Another thing that Garibaldi had done is give responsibility of Naples and Sicily to Victor Emanuel. This was a monumental stepping stone in the unification of Italy because this move by Garibaldi had led to the southern Italy voting to approve the moving of Naples and Sicily to Emmanuel and the crowing of Victor Emmanuel II as king of Italy in 1861. By this move, Garibaldi had helped to unify Italy because he brought the southern part of Italy in unification with Sardinia. This left only Rome and Venetia ununited with Italy. After the Austro-Prussian War, Italy worked a deal out with Bismarck and had acquired Venetia. Finally, when France was forced to take out troops from Rome during the Franco-Prussian War, Italy had become