Nationalist Movements Case Studies

Nationalism was the most powerful idea of the 1800’s It upset the balance of power created by the Congress of Vienna

Nationalists believed that people of a single “nationality” should unite under a single government

Authoritarian rulers saw potential in using Nationalism to unify masses of people together and build countries that kept them in power

Types of Nationalist Movements Unification Separation State-Building

Mergers of politically divided but culturally similar lands Unification Mergers of politically divided but culturally similar lands 19th Century Germany 19th Century Italy

Separation Culturally distinctive group resists being added to a state or breaks away from a state Greeks from the Ottomans French Speaking Canadians

State Building Culturally distinct groups form into a state by accepting a single culture United States

Case Studies In groups we will look at different nationalistic movements around the world during this time period. Your group’s job will be to share that information with the class. You have this class period to read, understand, take notes, and decide how to share that information with the class. Poster, notes under the doc cam, PowerPoint slides, etc. Monday: you will present information from your case study to the class. The class will learn from you and take notes on your case study.

Country Page Numbers Germany- 692-695 Italy- 700-704 Austria- 705-706 Ottoman- 708 Russia- 710-715 China- 773- 777 Ireland- 729- 731 India- 767- 771