HIS242H1 Lecture 2: Lecture 2
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The beautiful years - the belle epoque: positive developments. Most of the population is able to read. Girls can be educated in a mass scale. Huge boost to fine arts and culture. Developed from early 19th cent. to mid cent. All support the promotion of one another before. They believe all problems can be solved by military. Military leaders thought this is a viable solution. Started with the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand (june 28, 1914) Ironic - he is actually pro- the serbia situation: since the assassination austria lost sympathy for serbia. Gravrilo princip and the black hand: the slogan - unify or death, until this day he is said to be a national hero in serbia or a assassin in austria, took a lot of effort: The other one missed the target - commit suicide. Note - ultimatum with a time limit (a month: austria send to serbia, free-hand. This is done to make sure serbia will reject.
