27-1 The Stage is Set

Balkans

"the powder keg of Europe" which ethnicity?

Industrial & Economic

Britain felt threatened by Germany's success. Two types of rivalries

Triple Alliance

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy form the an alliance in 1882 (Germany also forms alliance with Ottoman Empire in 1882)

A-H & Ott Emp

Nationalistic fervor / nationalistic desire for self-determination threatens these two empires

arms race

a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons

1815-1914

age in which Europe is relatively peaceful hint: almost 100 years!!

hague tribunal

an attempt to settle international disputes through negotiations

Alsace & Lorraine

desire for revenge after being taken over by Germany

1894 & 1904

entities formed Between Britain, France, and Russia

Nobel Prize

established by Nobel, who regretted his invention's (dynamite) use for violence established all his makings to reward those who worked to initiate world peace

1896

first modern day Olympics, in effort to bring peaceful, friendly competition to unite Europe (and beyond)

Peace programs

olympics nobel prize pacifist movements --> women hague tribunal

pacifist movement

people who worked to bring peace without violence **women=anti alcohol drive

rivalries

relationships between countries over imperialism

Militarism

the glorification of the military led to: • arms race • naval build-up

1890s

the years the Balkans are preparing nationalism ("powder keg" refers to gun powder ready to explode)

1882

year of the triple alliance

Social Darwinism

• racial and militaristic superiority used to justify war and colonial empires

Pan-slavism

•Slavic nationalism: Ethnic separate movement that called to unite the Slavic ethnicity under one country. • Russia supports Serbia