It promoted the notion of a Greater Serbia to be achieved through methods of terrorism and exercised considerable influence on high officials within Serbian government circles and in the army. ... Though Russian public opinion was in support of Serbia's ambitions, the Russian government, chastened by firm German support of Austria even to the point of war, refused to come to her aid. ... Austria from the outset regarded the Serbian government as complicitous in the assassination, even though there was no evidence to suggest that this was true; later investigation revealed that some milit...

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When the Austria-Hungary dual monarchy was formed it was because Austria would not be able to survive without Hungary, and Hungary would not be able to survive without Austria. ... During a conference in 1908 Austria and Russia came to a secret agreement that Russia would favor the Austrian annexation of Bosnia, and in return Austria would support the opening of the Straits to Russian warships. ... The people of Germany strove to have a "place in the sun- and the German government faced a lot of pressure from its citizens to accomplish this goal as well as the pressure that the Austrian gove...

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Unemployment Overview of the social system of Austria concerning unemployment and additional relief All people gainfully employed, employees as well as the self-employed, are subject to compulsory insurance, which includes unemployment, disability, retirement, and provisions for surviving dependents. ... Youth (under-25) unemployment ranges from 3.5% in Austria's NiederÖsterreich to 65.2% in Calabria, Italy, while the EU average stands at 17.8%. My two cents worth From my point of view the unemployment is a welfare problem which is pretty hard to cope with, nevertheless ...

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Ever since first being appointed Prussian representative to the Federal Diet in 1851, Bismarck had urged the Prussian Government to seize power in the German Confederation. ... This highlighted his determination for expansion and the seizure of power from Austria. The international situation at the time was very favourable for Bismarck and the fulfilment of his aims; following Italy's earlier defeat of Austria, Austrian power was open to question, in addition to this, Austria was on very unfavourable terms with Russia, following the Russian's defeat in the Crimean war, meaning tha...

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The increase in military control of the civilian government also increased cooperation among the military staff of the countries of the same camp. ... Austria would be left without an heir. Although she could not find any evidence that the Serbian government was connected with the assassination, Austria still declared war on Serbia. ... Austria signed the Treaty of St. ... First, Austria started the war. ...

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Austria and Prussia were rivals. ... As a chance of mere coincidence Prussia being second in charge of the Bund protested and played a constant threat to Austria. Prussia had significantly a strong government, powerful army, treasury, economy and an infrastructure all the necessities that are vital and definitive to lead unification: the five essentials to lead a nation. ... However Austria was essentially totally antagonistically hostile to liberalism and nationalism, she was totally hostile to German unification. Austria undoubtedly shun a light on the ultimate strength of her might, her ...

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The government of Austria-Hungary was obviously upset at the killing. ... They suspected that the Serbian government had been involved, and that they were encouraging Nationalist movements, making the Austria-Hungary state less stable. A discussion took place concerning an appropriate response from the Austria-Hungary governments, to the Serb government. ... So it came to be that a note was sent to the Serb government from Austria-Hungary. ... The Serbs agreed to all the demands apart from the final one, probably because they were frightened that involvement of Austria-Hungary in the investiga...

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Cavour goaded Austria into attacking Sardinia and got the help from Napoleon to push Austria out of the north, expanding Sardinia. ... It stated that each state had its own government but the king was the leader of the confederation. ... In Austria they needed to establish order but it collapsed rapidly because of the weak Austrian army. Eventually the conflict calmed down and there were mass political organizations and public participation in government. ... New parliaments were created and eventually there was a working government and Austria ov...

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With the decline of Austria, France became the centre of Europe. ... It means that no European government could afford to secure its rule unless it would attend to the well being and interests of the mass. ... The serfs in Austria were emancipated. ... Austrian control was restored in Northern Italy. ... However, one should not forget, the change of form in government was due to the election of the French because they wanted to gain glory. ...

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The Confederation contained larger and more powerful states; Prussia and Austria. ... Austria also had an autocratic government and had no parliament, Prussia on the other hand was growing militarily and economically and while it was still autocratic like Austria it was modernizing its system of government. Prussia was second to Austria in terms of its political power in the Confederation. ... Austria's new leader, Schwarzenberg was as conservative and reactionary as Metternich. ... Austria had regained control of the Confederation. ...

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Most German states joined Austria, believing Austria was the defender of their independence. ... Hoping to keep Austria an ally, Bismarck quickly made treaties with Austria and south German states. ... Unification of Germany impacted on the government greatly, a constitution was written. ... The head of the imperial government was the Kaiser, who happened to be the King of Prussia. ... The constitution also stated that the government would appoint the upper chamber (the Bundesrat), which would check influence of the lower, popular elected chambers (the Reichstag). ...

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World War One, at that time entitled the Great War, began as a result of the conflict between the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbia. ... Nietzsche's idea of the "ubermensch" gave rise to a number of notions concerning the superiority of certain races over others and strengthened the argument for eugenics, where society or the government should intervene to assure the procreation of the strong in order to produce the "superman." ... The fundamental motive behind this Pan-Slavism was to unite all the Serb peoples under one government. Serbia had already liberated th...

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The explosion of Austrian power in Italy was the main problem which discouraged an early unification of Italy. ... The lead of Mazzini was vague and he was concerned more with the government structure of Italy them with unification. ... Gicat's success when Austrian power was strong but the sects unity and forced was weak. ... Only Piedmont posed the needed economic basis and military force to fight Austrian rule in Italy. ... Hence, revolutionary sentiment grew, aiming at first to overthrow the existing government and gradually embracing the idea of unity for all of 'Italy". ...

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On July 5, 1914, Austria sent a request to Germany, stating that if Russia and Austria were to enter a war, Austria would have Germany's full support. ... On July 23rd of that year, Austria issued an ultimatum to Serbia and in turn, Serbia responded with an ultimatum of their own. The Austrian ambassador to Serbia immediately left Belgrade and France, promising to support Russia if they went to war. On the 28th of July, Austria declared war on Serbia and two days later, Russia ordered a general mobilization of troops its troops. ... During the war, the major feminist groups were committin...

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The war arose out of the attempt of the Austrian Habsburgs to win back the rich province of Silesia, which had been wrested from them by Frederick II the Great of Prussia during the War of the Austrian Succession. ... As time progressed, France, Russia, Saxony and Sweden joined with Austria in their cause and the winning factors turned slightly and now favored Austria. ... Austria's other allies were too weak to take over Prussia without Russia's aid. ... The English leaders set in motion plans to give London more control over the government of the colonies and these plans were event...

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The behavior by the revolutionary French government was not justified. ... Austria and Prussia did make their way into France and the emigres did form armies but throughout the war, France stayed in the lead. According to Document B, the French won the famous Battle of Valmy and even defeated Prussia and Austria, taking over the Austrian Netherlands, in a matter of just 3 years. ... The government immediately turned to accusing everyone of being a counterrevolutionary for saying even the slightest critique about the government. ... Finally, the actions the government took were extreme and unne...

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Finally Bismarck also succeeded in insuring Italian support in a "possible" war with Austria. ... Yet he still needed a motive to attack Austria, although he had secured the neutrality of France and Russia, their reaction to an unjustified attack on Austria was not predictable. ... Bismarck knew Austria would come to help, because it was still the head of the German Confederation and a lack of concern in this case would probably cause further Austrian separation from the German states. After the war, Prussia stayed in control of Schleswig and Austria remained in the southern Holstein, whi...

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Austria-Hungary, considering how it's upcoming leader was brought down, saw this as a possibility to capture Serbia, and blamed the assault on the Serbian Government. ... The Serbian government accepted all demands except for the last one. ... The attack on the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary threatened Austria-Hungary's Nationalism. ... So to redeem their superiority, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. ... Also, the Austro-Hungarian government saw itself as a superior power compared to Serbia, and it wasn't going to let someone less superior in military strength an...

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The most important among these refreshment process representative government was introduced. ... Also the government cut back on public expenditure. ... Austrian troops were sent to Napels, and they defeated the rebels. ... Within the borders of Papal States in Bologna, a provisional government was set up. ... However, provisional government soon broke up after the Austrian troops took the control of the region. ...

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Finally in February 1848, students and middle class liberals demonstrated in the Paris after the government banned one of many banquets hold by supporters of democratic reform. ... The unexpected up rising made the government very nervous, the Emperor at last agreed to some of the demands. ... In Italy, the nationalist sentiment opposed to Austria rule. ... Let us take a close look at the revolutions in the Austrian Empire. ... The serfdom was forever abolished in the Austrian Empire; the French monarchy has fell, and some other governments were badly shaken. ...

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First, there was the nationalism of the different nationalities in Austria-Hungary, which lead to threats to the stability of the Austrian Empire. This situation made the government especially alert to confront and extinguish any direct or indirect threat to its power. ... The "blank cheque"- Germany's support to Austria After the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, the Austrian government saw their great opportunity to take over the kingdom of Serbia, which was becoming a potential dangerous neighbor for the Austrians. But before taking any military action Austr...

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Arguing that the Serbian government was responsible for the actions of the Black Hand, the Austro-Hungarians took the opportunity to stamp its authority upon the Serbians, crushing the nationalist movement there and strengthening Austria-Hungary's influence in the Balkans. ... The Austro-Hungarian government expected assistance from their ally, Germany, which they would come to their aid if the unthinkable happened and Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary. Germany quickly agreed, and even encouraged Austria-Hungary's warlike attitude. ... Germany, allied to Austria-Hungary by treat...

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The Serbian government, which had a vested interest in the downfall of the Austrian Empire, was implicated as being involved in the plot and quickly became the reason for war. ... On July 13th, 1914, the Austrians made an ultimatum saying all Serbs must leave Albania. The Serbians were not willing to agree to a demand aimed at hurting their government, and immediately mobilized for war. ... Austria's only hesitation came in Yugoslavia's defensive treaty with Russia, and for this Austria turned to Germany. ... With this, the Russian government considered Germany, a newly formed natio...

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Austria-Hungary stands out as the core of the conflict in Europe. ... The maneuvering of the Austrian government during the crisis compels me to place a large portion of the blame on Austria-Hungary for the outbreak of WW I. ... While Serbia was home to the Black Hand terrorist group responsible for the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, there was never a precise official relationship established between that militant group and the Serbian government. ... ssumed the posture of war on behalf of Serbia while the Serbian government sought diplomatic solutions to the tensions. ... The oth...

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