The Compromise Of Hungary And The Austrian Alliance
1. Austria and Hungary were previously independent entities. Through the Compromise of 1867, the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary united, but previous boundaries were unaffected. Austria’s land before the compromise already wrapped around Hungary’s, so there was no change (Siegel).
2. Austria-Hungary decided to invest into a strong navy, as predicted. While a significant portion of people thought it was a waste of money, the government funded it for defense. These dreadnoughts and submarines, led by all races of people in the empire, were used to defend and attack the north Adriatic Sea, the Black Sea, the Danube River, and the Mediterranean Sea. In particular, the navy was effective when protecting the empire from Italian fleets …show more content…
Hungary wanted independence from the Austrian empire. Hungary pushed for it due to Austria losing the Austro-Prussian War as well as territory. The Austrian Emperor, Francis/Franz Joseph, compromised with Hungarian elites to make the Compromise of 1867, allowing for the two nations to act autonomously. Both had their own governments and economies, and the two only needed to work together for a few matters, such as military spending (Siegel).
3-4. Regions within the Empire were usually ethnically separated due to the ethnic tensions. It was common practice for groups to “cleanse”, which essentially means to kill, people of different religions. Also, while policies were passed in an attempt at equality between the various races, ambiguous wording and classifications of ethnic groups created controversy, and ultimately more violence and rivalry (Hungarian).
5. Similar to the diversity of races in Austria-Hungary, the empire had people of several different religious faiths. In order of following from greatest to least: Roman Catholicism, Greek Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxism, Calvinism, Judaism, Evangelicalism, Islam. 66% of the population followed Roman Catholicism, while other religions had a following of 11% or less (Pastor
2. Austria-Hungary decided to invest into a strong navy, as predicted. While a significant portion of people thought it was a waste of money, the government funded it for defense. These dreadnoughts and submarines, led by all races of people in the empire, were used to defend and attack the north Adriatic Sea, the Black Sea, the Danube River, and the Mediterranean Sea. In particular, the navy was effective when protecting the empire from Italian fleets …show more content…
Hungary wanted independence from the Austrian empire. Hungary pushed for it due to Austria losing the Austro-Prussian War as well as territory. The Austrian Emperor, Francis/Franz Joseph, compromised with Hungarian elites to make the Compromise of 1867, allowing for the two nations to act autonomously. Both had their own governments and economies, and the two only needed to work together for a few matters, such as military spending (Siegel).
3-4. Regions within the Empire were usually ethnically separated due to the ethnic tensions. It was common practice for groups to “cleanse”, which essentially means to kill, people of different religions. Also, while policies were passed in an attempt at equality between the various races, ambiguous wording and classifications of ethnic groups created controversy, and ultimately more violence and rivalry (Hungarian).
5. Similar to the diversity of races in Austria-Hungary, the empire had people of several different religious faiths. In order of following from greatest to least: Roman Catholicism, Greek Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxism, Calvinism, Judaism, Evangelicalism, Islam. 66% of the population followed Roman Catholicism, while other religions had a following of 11% or less (Pastor