History 3415E Lecture Notes - Austria-Hungary
22 Apr 2013
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Divides people whenever they try to stand against him. Had to deal with diff cultures: poles & french. Rids liberals by: anti socialist parties, tariff laws. Kulturekampf- take away control of the catholic clergy, marriages become state duty. German army (mostly prussian but still federal) Bad kissingen decree (1877: 3 choices, compensate powers for prussia territorial gains- faced with land powers: france & russia- no. Can"t fight both, needs to be wary of an alliance between the two of them. Acquiring territories is not possible for germany- neither will let that happen: semi- hedemony- no. When there are 5 be one of 3 - five great powers, be one of the three (austria- hungary, germany, british, france, russia) Britian is trying to keep the balance of powers, germany cannot build a fleet. France and germany will never be allies- border questions (alsace lorraine) Will embark on germnay and take back alsace lorraine: preserve status quo-britain intent on maintain balance- yes.
