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Otto von Bismarck used war to unify Germany.
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Military alliances.
The creation of military alliances among the Great Powers, to keep peace in Europe. -
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Franco-Prussian War.
The Franco-Prussian War was between France and Prussia because of the loss of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. -
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Otto von Bismarck declared Germany a "satisfied power".
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Dual Alliance.
Otto von Bismarck formed the Dual Alliance between Austria-Hungary and Germany. -
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Treaty with Russia.
Otto von Bismarck made a treaty with Russia, another possible ally different from France. -
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Treaty between Germany and Russia.
Treaty between Germany and Russia which assured that Russia would not ally with France but neither support Germany during war. -
Triple Alliance.
Italy joined Germany and Austria-Hungary, that union was known as the Triple Alliance. -
Kaiser Wilhem II started his rule.
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Germany treaty with Russia ended.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II forced Otto von Bismarck to resign.
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Germany's foreign policy changed drastically.
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Military alliance.
A military alliance was formed between Russia and France. -
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Frédéric Passy expressed a common concern of society.
"The entire able-bodied population are preparing to massacre one another; though no one, it is true, wants to attack, and everybody protests his love of peace and determination to mantain it, yet the whole world feels that it only requires some unforeseen incident, some unpreventable accident, for the spark to fall in a flash... and blow all Europe sky-high." -
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The Ottoman Empire was in rapid decline.
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Rival camps.
Two rival camps (Triple Alliance and Triple Entente) existed in Europe. -
Triple Entente.
Britain formed an alliance with France and Russia that was known as the Triple Entente. -
Austria took over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Militarism.
All the great powers except Britain had large standing armies. -
The Murder.
Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were murdered on a visit to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. -
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Austria presented Serbia an ultimatum that contained many demands. -
Austria declared war.
Austria rejected Serbia's offer of negotiating and declared war.
