The correct answer is : Austria!
This was called the "Austro-Prussian war".
Before this war, Austria had the leading role among the German-speaking states, and after this war, this role shifted more to Prussia (of which Bismark was the Minister President).
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I’m not sure when you say U.S. but the Republicans supported the idea of state rights. (If you could clarify you question I could help more).
Both groups are called Slavs. In the years before World War I, Serbia wanted all Slavic peoples to form one empire, free from rule by the Turks or Austria-Hungary. The Serbs' wish to unite all the Slavs in one empire is an example of. imperialism.
Answer: social and political consequences.
