Download Nationalism and its Impact on Europe and more Study notes Natural Resources in PDF only on Docsity! CH.8.3- Nationalism • Main Idea: – Nationalism contributes to the formation: 1. Two new nations 2. New political order in Europe • Why it matters: – Nationalism is the basis of world politics today and often causes conflicts and wars. • **Nationalism is the most powerful idea of the 1800’s** Objectives 1. What are the 4 Characteristics of Nation states? 2. Who was responsible for the Armenian Genocide that took place between 1915-1917? 3. Who was the Prime Minister of Prussia? 4. What type of politics did Prussia use on its rise to become Germany? Clash of Views all over Europe Conservative Go monarchies go! Liberal Go parliaments! Radical Go democracy for all people! • Nationalism- an ethnic group’s greatest loyalty should be to a nation’s people and their way of life not to a ruler. Nationalism Shakes Aging Empires Austrian Empire in orange Austrian Empire separates Ethnic disputes Slovenes, hungarians, Germans, Czech’s, Slovaks, Croats, Poles, Serbs, Italians • The Ottoman Empire Breaks Up – Ruled by conservative Muslim- Turks – 1856 • British and French force Ottomans to grant equal citizenship to all people • Creates tension Broke up Ottoman E. Ethnic tensions in Ottoman Empire Greeks, Slavs, Arabs, Bulgarians, Armenians Armenian Genocide • 1915-1917 – Carried by the work of the Turks! – Over 1 Million Armenians slaughtered or deported – Executions were systematic – Result of ethnic friction between ruling Ottomans and Armenians Creation of Germany • (1815) German Confederation: – Made of 39 states – Controlled by Austrian Empire at first • (1861) Prussia: – Mostly German speaking – king Wilhelm I Wilhelm I A Shift in Power • 1815 Congress of Vienna – 5 great powers of the “Concert of Europe”, equal in strength • 1871 – Britain and the “new” Germany are the most powerful: WHY? German Army British Navy Remember the Congress of Vienna? -Congress of Vienna’s goal to balance power in Europe to avoid war now broken down -GB and Germany now most powerful -next…WW I All countries in yellow make up the concert. Results of Nationalism
+ People within a nation overcoming == Forced assimilation of minority
their differences tor the common good cultures into a nation’s majority culture
+ The overthrow of colonial rule + Ethnic cleansing, such as in Bosnia
and Herzegovina in the 1990s
+ Democratic governments innations == + ‘The rise of extreme nationalistic
throughout the world movements, such as Nazism
+ Competition among nations spurring + Competition between nations leading
scientific and technological advances ~=——to warfare
