The national unification of Italy, Germany and the United States had many similarities and differences. When Germany and Italy experienced unification, the United States was already unified but going through a process of conserving the union of its states. While both the United States and Germany contained one main influential leader during their time of unification, Italy experienced two main leaders that were an essential part if its unification. Cavour was an important leader because …
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…and by combining their societies. Italy and Germany wanted to unify their people through common language and heritage, the United States, although dominantly English speaking, originated from a many kinds of cultures. A common heritage was not present. The civil war was fought due to conflicts among Americans because of the issues of slavery. Germany and Italy fought their wars to regain control of their territories and to establish a single dominating system of government.