CAS HI 346 Lecture 3: 02.02
3 Apr 2016
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The balkans emerging from receding from fallen ottoman: austrian-hungarian multi-ethnic state. Were having to deal with other ethnic groups wanted equal access to power. Sought to keep its power and serbs had problem with it. Franz joseph had been emperor since 1840 close to death in. His heir was franz ferdinand is hanging around waiting to become emperor. They tried dualism and then reformers wanted trialism to give power to slavs: if it worked, then the slavs would be content in. Austria-hungary; however, they just want the power to themselves. The black hand organization: secret society that used political terror. They know franz joseph is going to die and they"re going to lose power. Annexation crisis of bosnia in the early 20th century by. Its population is slav, and center of serbian identity. Franz ferdinand decides to visit to show support on their serbian national holiday june 28th. Hand assassinates him because they don"t want him to go to power.
