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Otto von Bismarck's plan of avoiding dangerous diplomatic alignments, and as a means of preserving the advantageoius 'status quo', sought to avoid tensions between Russia and Austria-Hungary, ensure that France could not organise a diplomatic alliance so that they would be isolated
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1870-71; France lost the Franco-Prussian War and had to give up Alsace-Lorraine
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Between Germany and Austria-Hungary; aid one another, particularly if they were attacked by Russia or if Russia helped someone else to attack them
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between 1871 and 1894; Germany had isolated France, but French diplomacy at the turn of the century allowed France to align with Russia and Britain
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Between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy; to keep Italy and Austria-Hungary from fighting each other; Germany will help Italy if Italy is attacked by France; Italy will help Germany and Austria-Hungary if they are attacked by France; if any of these three nations go to war with two other countries, the other countries will help
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Between Russia and Germany; keep Germany from having a two-front war; if Germany fights with France, Russia would be neutral
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Bismarck's assumption was that there were five major European powers (Germany, Russia, France, Austria-Hungary, and Britain) and that Germany's security would be guaranteed if it maintained an alliance with two of them. An alliance with three of them would be stronger than the strongest coalition that could be organized against it
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France and Britain were arguing over land in Africa, which France wouldn't give up
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fed by raw matereals, angered countires such as Germany and Austria-Hungary
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the foreign policy adopted by Germany at the end of the 19th century by which she sought to assert her influence around the globe
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the counrties of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand were automatically committed to war should the UK declare war on another country
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Between Great Britain and France; settled colonial disputes between Britain and France in Africa; Britain gave no binding military action; Britain came out of her "splendid isolation"
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Agreement between Great Britain, France, and Russia; renewal of Entente Cordiale; settling colonial differences, specifically in Tibet, Afghanistan, and Japan; Britain gave no binding military action
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Consisted of Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Montenegro; created to free themselves from the influence of Turkey
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1912-13; Serbia emerged with power enhanced; foreshadowed ethe events of 1914
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Between the Balkan League and Turkey; went to war because the Ottoman Empire wanted to be free from Turkey's rule
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Greece and Serbia against Bulgaria
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killed by a Serbian from the radical group "Black Hand"
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framed in such extreme terms that it was alomst impossible for Serbia to accept
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involved surrendering the border fortresses of Toul and Verdun
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because France did not agree to neutrality
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because of their pact with Belgium, which Germany had invaded the day before