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Long Term Causes
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Purpose of alliance system• Restrain Austria-Hungary and Russia• Isolate France
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Purpose of alliance system• Restrain Austria-Hungary and Russia• Isolate France
Congress of Berlin (1871) and the “Eastern Question”
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Purpose of alliance system• Restrain Austria-Hungary and Russia• Isolate France
Congress of Berlin (1871) and the “Eastern Question”
System of alliances abandoned by William II in 1890
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1879 Austro-German alliance
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1879 Austro-German alliance 1882 Triple Alliance
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1879 Austro-German alliance 1882 Triple Alliance 1894 Russo-French alliance
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1879 Austro-German alliance 1882 Triple Alliance 1894 Russo-French alliance 1904 “Entente cordiale” between France and
Britain
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1879 Austro-German alliance 1882 Triple Alliance 1894 Russo-French alliance 1904 “Entente cordiale” between France and
Britain 1907 Triple Entente
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Triple Entente Triple Alliance
Vs.
By 1907, Europe is
divided into two competing
blocs.
Exaltation of military virtues and ideals; a policy of aggressive military preparedness
Characteristics• Large standing armies• Compulsory service• War plans in place• Advanced weaponry due to industrialization• Arms race• Belief in war as best way to solve
international disputes
William II attempts to cause tension between France and Great Britain.• First Moroccan crisis (1905)• Second Moroccan crisis (1911)
SMS Panther, the gunboat that sparked the Agadir Crisis.
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The “eastern question”• Berlin Conference
(1878) Balkan Crisis – Austria
vs. Russia (1908) First Balkan War (1912) Second Balkan War
(1913)
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Berlin Conference (1878)
