1. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Honors World History Mr. Green

2. Objective: The students will describe the development of the alliance system by explaining the growth of alliances Hand-In: Exit Ticket from Yesterday. Drill: 1. How did the 2 nd Industrial Revolution impact Europe? 2. Define legislature.

3. Western Europe and Political Democracy 1. Universal male suffrage laws passed 2. Prime minister responsible to legislative body 3. Mass political parties formed Great Britain Utilize a parliamentary democracy The majority party forms the government Leader is the Prime Minister France 3 rd republic A president and 2 house legislature Italy Corrupt and weak in 1870’s

4. Germany 2-House Legislature Chancellor (prime minister) Emperor controlled army, foreign policy, and bureaucracy Austro-Hungarian Empire Set up parliamentary system, but the emperor was REALLY in control-Francis Joseph

5. Russia Under Czar Nicholas I, Russia became industrialized and working conditions decreased Socialist groups formed Government killed 100s as they presented the Czar with a petition-”Bloody Sunday” The Czar formed the Duma-legislative body. United States After the American Civil War, the U.S. passed the 13 th, 14 th & 15 th amendment

6. 1860-1914: U.S. becomes more industrialized Iron Steel Economy 1900-World’s richest nation Richest 9% of Americans owned 71 % of the wealth Expansion Abroad Hawaii taken for the fruit they could grow

7. International Rivalries Otto Van Bismarck initiates an alliance with Austria-Hungary in 1879 and Italy joins in 1882-Tripla Alliance This is against France Bismarck aligned with Russia and wanted to stay friends with Great Britain By 1907-Britain, France, & Russia initiated the Triple Entente

8. Create a Flow Chart that depicts that development of the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. Be sure to include the countries/empires within each alliance.

9. Read pages 437 (Crises in the Balkans) and complete the Reading Check questions on pages 437

10. Read Chapter 13 Section 3 pages 432-437