5 Steps to a 5TM AP European History

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Topic Sentence B: The newly politicized masses were
enthusiastically nationalist.
Specific Examples: Support for the Crimean
War and the occupation of Egypt in Great Britain.
Plebiscites for the Second Empire, making Louis-
Napoleon emperor in France. Support for the Franco-
Prussian War in Germany.
Topic Sentence C: Politicians discovered that imperial-
ism appealed to the newly politicized masses.
Specific Examples: Disraeli made the Conservatives
the party of “Church, monarchy, and empire” in Great
Britain. Louis-Napoleon’s decision to end the republic
and proclaim the Second Empire in France. Bismarck’s
“blood and iron” unification of Germany. The popu-
larity of the Scramble for Africa.
Conclusion: The rise of a large, nationalistic constitu-
ency that politicians had to win over contributed to the
New Imperialism of the late nineteenth century.
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