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9th grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 13

Nationalism, 1848–1914

New nations and new rivalries

What your child practices

The revolutions of 1848, the unification of Italy and Germany, the decline of the Ottoman Empire, and the rise of Japan after the Meiji Restoration.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 9.5 · how nationalism transformed the world from 1848 to 1914

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Nationalism is loyalty to a nation and the wish for it to rule itself. The 1848 revolutions ended serfdom in parts of Europe.
  2. Italy was unified with Cavour of Piedmont-Sardinia; Germany was unified in 1871 by Bismarck through “blood and iron.”
  3. Romanticism celebrated emotion, nature and national history. The Ottoman Empire declined while Meiji Japan rose.

Example: Who unified Germany through “blood and iron”? “Blood and iron” means war and industry. Prussia’s leader used them to unify Germany in 1871. Answer: Otto von Bismarck

Nationalism, 1848–1914 in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 4 of 13 in 9th grade Social Studies, after The Industrial Revolution and before The Age of Imperialism.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Nationalism is…

    • a type of farming
    • loyalty only to a family
    • strong loyalty to one's nation or people
    • rule by the Church

  2. Question 2

    Japan surprised the world by defeating Russia in…

    • the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)
    • World War II
    • the Opium Wars
    • the Crimean War

  3. Question 3

    The unification of Italy is called the…

    • Reformation
    • Renaissance
    • Risorgimento
    • Reconquista

  4. Question 4

    Count Camillo di Cavour helped unify Italy as prime minister of…

    • Austria
    • Spain
    • Prussia
    • Piedmont-Sardinia

  5. Question 5

    The Meiji Restoration (1868) was a period when Japan…

    • was ruled by China
    • rapidly modernized and industrialized
    • ended its emperor
    • closed itself off again

  6. Question 6

    Which pairing is correct?

    • Bismarck – Germany; Garibaldi – Italy
    • Bismarck – Italy; Garibaldi – Germany
    • Garibaldi – Russia; Bismarck – Japan
    • Cavour – Japan; Perry – Italy

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