Nationalism Heightens - "This Place About To Blow"

Francis Joseph (Franz Joseph) inherits the Hapsburg throne
-Austria-Hungary : "multinational" empire
-Hapsburg family crushes nationalist rebellion
-ruled 1848-1916 (18 yrs old)
-Slavic unrest started on emperor's reign

The Ottoman Empire
"The Sick Man of Europe"
-Balkan nationalists revolve against Turks
-Russia >> north
-Austria-Hungary takes Bosnia-Herzegovina
-Balkans fighting OT and each other -- virtual "powder keg"

Russia:
Reform, Repression, Revolution
-Russian peasants lived in poverty
-Russia's loss in Crimean War in 1856 showed how "backward" Russia was
-"Tsar" is a Russian version of "ceasar"--emperor
-tsars of 1800s claimed to be reformers
-reality --> repressive
*secret police, arrests
*strict censorship
*exiling liberals
*persecution of non-Russian groups in empire

Pogroms in Russia: Anti-Jewish Violence
-Russia: large Jewish population
-govn't blamed Jews for assasiantion of Alexander II so gangs committed pogroms against Jews
-more violence erupted when Jews blamed for Revolution of 1905
-fled to America and Zionism for safety

Revolution of 1905
-Russia lost Russo-Japanese War of 1904
-reform turns into bloodbath at Winter Palace
-"Bloody Sunday" discontent in Russia
-Tsar Nicholas II promised freedom & change
-arrests, pogroms, executions

Irish Potato Famine
-British rule: 3/4 of Irish farmland's crops sent to Britain
-fungal blight destroyed crops 1845
-wheat & oats fine & exported
-resulted to "Great Hunger"
-1 million died
-left for Canada and U.S. and emigrated

France bitter about Franco-Prussian War
-1871 starving Parisians reduced to eating rats and circus animals
-Socialists and conservatives class in civil war
-French looked for scapegoat and revenge

"White Man's Burden"
-idea in late 1800s that white man's obligation to civilize and Christianize the "dark peoples of the world"
-phrase titled poem by Rudyard Kipling
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Journal - "Alliances"

Someone who I thought was my friend thought she was in the place to answer or confirm a rumor about me and another person. It was definitely not true and she made things worse by saying she knew the whole story but she really didn't. She wasn't there. She wouldn't have known at all. She created a big deal with it.
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11:1 Notes

Alliances Draw Lines
-Triple Alliance with France, Great Britain, and the United States
-Triple Entente

Musical Nationalism

Composer, Work, Country, What's heard?, Feeling evoked?
1. Fryderyk Chopin, "minute Waltz", Poland, violin, Disneyland.
2. Edvard Grieg, "Morning" from Peer Gynt, Norway, Flute, nature.
3. Bedrich Smetana, "Ma Vlast" ("My Country"), Czech, violin, ballroom dancing. 4. Antonin Dvorak, "Slavonic Dance #8", Czech, violin, dream fantasy.
5. Jean Sibelius, "Finlandia", Finland, trumpet/drums, death after war.
6. Ottorino Respighi, "Pines of Rome", Italy, chimes, chase.
7. Richard Wagner, "Ride of the Valkyries", Germany, violin, love
8. Aaron Copland, "Hoe Down", USA, bongo drum, trumpet, universal studios/horses.
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"Blood and Iron" Speech

1. Nationalism is a group of people for a common cause and pride. It shows German nationalism by supporting and having pride in Germany.

2. Otto von Bismarck led the drive for German unity by taking control (blood and iron)
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Journal: Proud Americans

To me, being an American is living and being a citizen in a free country. Where peoples' rights are protected through the Bill of Rights. Americans express their pride through songs, waving flags, and wearing their red, white and blue colors. The times where there is stronger, more vocal are the 4th of July and when there's a big calamity in the world. I think those are the times when Americans show their pride the most.
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Karl Marx Reading

1. He wouldn't have approved of communism because he wanted people to work together, not be against each other.

2. No because nothing can ever be done that smoothly with no complications. Also, it hasn't worked anywhere else. America only looks out for their own selves.

3. Technology because almost everyone uses technology in their every day life and it keeps improving.
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