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Focus Question: What was the nature of "New Imperialism"
and how did it raise tensions in Europe? |
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When did Europe begin to exercise unprecedented influence and control
over the rest of the world? What impact did the frenzy for imperial expansion have on the European powers themselves? What were the chief sources of European power? Between 1870 and 1900, how much of the world and its population was brought under European power? What was the general
pattern of the "New Imperialism?? What are the chief interpretations
of "New Imperiamism"? What strategic and political considerations brought Britain, France and
Germany to "scramble for Africa"? |
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Focus Question: How does Bismarck attempt to maintain
Germany's gains following unification? |
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What event radically changed the nature of the balance of power established
by the Congress of Vienna? What was the aim of Bismarck's diplomacy after
1871? By 1870, what was the relative position of Austria-Hungary
in comparison with the other powers? What was France's attitude toward
Germany after 1870? How did Bismarck deal with the French after 1871?
What was Bismarck's purpose in the forming the Three Emperor's League and
why did it collapse? What kept the Ottoman Empire from completely
falling apart after 1877? What were Russia's most cherished goals
in the Balkans? Why wasn't Russia able to keep the gains it had made
by the Treaty of San Stefano? What settlements were made at the Congress of Berlin (1878) and which groups resented its provisions?
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Focus Question: What factors brought about the Triple Alliance? |
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What was the purpose of the Dual Alliance of 1879, and what impact did it have on Russia? Why had Bismarck's policies been successful? What was the Reinsurance Treaty and what did Bismarck accomplish with it? How did the policies of Kaiser William II differ from those of Bismarck? Why did Russia form an alliance with France after 1890? What did each gain?
Why did Britain move away from "splendid isolation" and what issue most alienated Britain from Germany? What Asian country
formed an alliance with Britain in 1902? What was the purpose of
the Entente Cordiale? What prompted the Moroccan Crisis?
What were the results of the Moroccan Crisis of 1905/6? What country
helped to arrange a deal" between Britain and Russia? What
issues were settled? |
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Focus Question: What events cemented new relations between
the future Allied and Central powers? |
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What were the only two peoples in the Balkans who did not speak a slavic language? To which country in the Balkans did the Slavic peoples
look as a possible leader of unification? What event prompted the
crisis in the Balkans in 1908? Which states would lose territory
in the process of south slavic unification? What had Russia hoped
to gain by agreeing to the Austrian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
What were the results of the Bosnian Crisis? What prompted the Second
Moroccan Crisis of 1911? What were its main results? Why were
British and German relations growing worse during this period?
Why did the Italians go to war with the Ottoman empire in 1911?
What was Austria's chief concern during the Balkan wars of 1912 and 1913?
What were the lessons learned from the crisis of 1913? |
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imperialism
Reinsurance Treaty
Congress of Berlin
Entente Cordiale
Morocco Crisis
"splendid isolation"
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
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