What did Otto von Bismarck do to achieve his goal of drawing smaller German states to Prussia's side?

Question 8 options:

outlawed the Catholic Church in German states

declared Wilhelm I king of a united Germany

started a war with France

Otto von Bismarck "started a war with France" to achieve his goal of drawing smaller German states to Prussia's side.

Option: C

Explanation:

Otto von Bismark, the Prussian statesman's confidence in command and the haughty pride. Maybe he'd been on his journey to see Louis Napoleon adorned in formal diplomatic style. He initiated a war with France as he knew that it would bring the south German nations into his control.

Because of Bismarck's embodiment of realpolitik, by 1879 a powerful Germany was prepared to join an equal partnership with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and in 1882 both allied with Italy and established the Triple Alliance which would last until the First World War. German industrial strength expanded with its political and military influence.