What Was Going On After the Crimean War?
Tsar Alexander II made massive reforms in Russia. He freed the serfs. Instituted political, educational, and judicial reforms in Russia. The United States experienced the pangs of misplaced nationalism with the expansion of the sectional crisis. The American Civil War disrupted the flow of cotton to Europe. Further decline of the Ottoman Empire. Role of Cavour (1810-61) Cavour was the architect of Italian unification: Cavours Diplomacy He managed to Ally Italy with the Allied effort during the Crimean War (1854-56). He did not press for Lombardy and Venetia because England did not to anger and upset Austria. But he did convince Napoleon III. He demonstrated that Austrias hold on Northern Italy was an anachronism and flew in the face of nationality. Something that Napoleon III could identify. Bloody Victories In 1859 Italy and France went to war with Austria. And defeated the Austrians tin two excessively bloody battles at Magenta and Solferino in June 1859. Popular uprisings broke out
