HIST 1215 Study Guide - Final Guide: Shandong Peninsula, House Of Romanov, Atlantic Charter
1 Mar 2018
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Militarism: size of european militaries doubled between 1890 and 1914 . England and german rivals naval race (england"s share of the world"s industrial output is declining) Alliances: 1882 triple alliance: austria-hungary, germany, italy. Imperialism: race for remaining territory after 1880 created tension between european powers. Nationalism: bismarck"s german unification threatens england and france. Balkanization (from the decline of the ottoman empire) slavic people desire a new independent serbia a-h doesn"t like it. 1914 assassination of archduke franz ferdinand gavril princip (member of young bosnia (aka the blank hand), which was a serbian nationalist group) sarajevo (in a-h) there is a large serbian population . Princip wants that to be part of the new independent serbia. Serbia (r & a-h border disputes), while germany supports a-h. July ultimatum: a-h issued a list of ten demands to serbia (as apology) . Serbia only accepts 9/10 of them a-h declares war on serbia in july 14.
