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Nationalism Threatens Old Empires

Nationalism Threatens Old Empires. HWH UNIT 7 CHAPTER 10.4. Austria after 1848. Lagging behind Resisted industrialization industrial , absolutist, conservative E thnic minorities Weakening Defeated by France and Sardinia (1859) Defeated by Prussia (1866).

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Nationalism Threatens Old Empires

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  1. Nationalism Threatens Old Empires HWH UNIT 7 CHAPTER 10.4

  2. Austria after 1848 • Lagging behind • Resisted industrialization • industrial, absolutist, conservative • Ethnic minorities • Weakening • Defeated by France and Sardinia (1859) • Defeated by Prussia (1866)

  3. Emperor Francis Joseph (a.k.a. Franz Josef) (r. 1848-1916)

  4. Tomb of Franz Josef, his wife (who was assassinated in 1898) and his son (who committed suicide in 1889)Habsburg Crypt, Vienna

  5. Hungarian (Magyar) Nationalism • 2nd largest ethnic group in the empire • Austrian/German was largest • Wanted autonomy within the empire

  6. The Ausgleich (1867) • “Dual Monarchy” • Austria-Hungary • 1 King, 2 Kingdoms • Same foreign policy • Autonomous domestic policy

  7. Franz Josef being crowned King of Hungary, 1867

  8. Problems in the Balkans • “Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans will provoke the next war.” -Otto von Bismarck • Serbian Independence • Greek Independence • Conflict • Austria • Wants to control Slavs • Ottoman Empire • The “Sick Man of Europe” • Russia • Wants to protect Slavs

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