Austria+Hungary+and+Russia+in+1850-1914

Samantha Levine

Analyze attempts to create unified nations in: Austria-Hungary and Russia While Austria-Hungary was able to successfully unify both their provinces under the Ausgleich, Russia under Alexander II failed to remain united as demands for reforms grew more and more radical.
 * Austria-Hungary
 * Hungary=subjected to rule of military officers
 * Catholic church=control of education
 * economic failures
 * Austria
 * Francis Joseph=Emperor
 * establishes Reichsrat,which elects only German speaking majority to eliminate minorities
 * Dual Monarchy
 * Ausgleich-compromise made to create dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary
 * Each had own constitution,bicameral legislature, governmental machinery and capital
 * Together they had :Emperor Francis Joseph as emperor, common army, foreign policy and system of finances
 * Problems:
 * Minorities dominated by German speaking Austrians and Hungarian Magyars
 * Russia under Tsar Alexander II
 * Abolished Serfdom under Emancipation Edict
 * Serfs given poor land and had to pay state
 * Mirs or villages communes established to ensure payments of serfs were made
 * Zemstoves-self governing assemblies that were in charge of: famine relief,disasters ,education, road maintenance and levy taxes
 * Demands for reforms by people who wanted to create populism, a new society formed by revolutionary acts
 * Alexander assassinated in 1881 by Peoples Will