HWH UNIT 7

CHAPTER 10.4

Nationalism Threatens Old Empires

Austria after 1848Lagging behind

Resisted industrializationindustrial, absolutist, conservativeEthnic minorities

WeakeningDefeated by France and Sardinia

(1859)Defeated by Prussia (1866)

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

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

Hungarian (Magyar) Nationalism2nd largest ethnic

group in the empireAustrian/German

was largestWanted autonomy

within the empire

The Ausgleich (1867)“Dual Monarchy”

Austria-Hungary1 King, 2 Kingdoms

Same foreign policyAutonomous domestic policy

Franz Josef being crowned King of Hungary, 1867

“Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans will provoke the next war.”-Otto von Bismarck

Serbian IndependenceGreek IndependenceConflict

AustriaWants to control Slavs

Ottoman EmpireThe “Sick Man of Europe”

RussiaWants to protect Slavs

Problems in the Balkans