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THE BISMARCKIAN SYSTEMS OF ALLIANCES (1872-1890)
The Quadruple Alliance was meant to guarantee the peace of Europe by keeping a watchful eye on France and to cooperate closely to thwart any threat to international stability on the continent, while the Holy Alliance (originally consisting of Russia, Austria and Prussia) added glamorous rhetoric to this idea. -
ARMED PEACE (1890-1914)
"The Armed Man": A Mass for Peace is a work by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins. This work was commissioned for the millennium celebrations in 2000, and was dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis. -
SUFFRAGISM AND FEMINISM
The fight for women's right to vote in elections is known as the 'suffragette movement'. By the end of the 19th century, this had become a worldwide movement, and the words 'feminism' and 'feminist movement' started to be used from that point on. -
THE TENSION ARISES
The First Moroccan Crisis or the Tangier Crisis was an international crisis between March 31 1905 and April 7 1906 over the status of Morocco. Germany wanted to challenge France's growing control over Morocco, aggravating France and Great Britain.