In the 19th Century Nationalism had a strong up rise in society. Nationalism is the devotion to the interest or culture of a nation, and the nation would benefit from action independently rather then collectively, emphasizing nation rather then international goals. A lot of countries want to come one with all of the people in the country. But there were a lot of problems get people to think and belief the same things. Religion was one of the main reasons the nationalism didn’t work. One of the countries that used nationalism to unite was Germany. Germany had strong country in the past but the after Napoleons rule the country went all down hill. In 1814-1815 the Congress of Vienna created the so-called German Confederation under Austrian and Prussian hegemony, but this would make it hard for the dreams of nationalism. The rivalry of Austria and Prussia paralyzed it in a way comparable to the effects of Soviet-Americans dualism on the United Nations during the cold war. In Germany the old rulers repressed the nationalist movement ( mainly student and professors) after 1815. The German princes realized that nationalism required a reform or even destruction of the traditional monarchic stated.

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