Austria-Hungary was made up of people with many different nationalities. There were Slavs, Hungarians, Italians, Serbs and Croats. Each one of these people believed that they should rule themselves. Nationalism spurred revolts against the government in 1848. The emperor at this time, Francis Joseph, tried to satisfy these nationalists by allowing small reforms, but he did not succeed since many of the ethnic groups were not happy. In 1866, Austria-Hungary split into two states. These two states had its own parliament and constitution, but they were both ruled by the same person. Nationalism began to keep the government from acknowledging certain political and social complications and split up Austria-Hungary. Nationalism also negatively affected the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire ruled many ethnic groups, like Austria-Hungary. This created the same problem of the groups rising and revolting because they each wanted their separate states, like the nationalistic movement “young Turks” in 1908. The empire divided as it grew weaker and
Austria-Hungary was made up of people with many different nationalities. There were Slavs, Hungarians, Italians, Serbs and Croats. Each one of these people believed that they should rule themselves. Nationalism spurred revolts against the government in 1848. The emperor at this time, Francis Joseph, tried to satisfy these nationalists by allowing small reforms, but he did not succeed since many of the ethnic groups were not happy. In 1866, Austria-Hungary split into two states. These two states had its own parliament and constitution, but they were both ruled by the same person. Nationalism began to keep the government from acknowledging certain political and social complications and split up Austria-Hungary. Nationalism also negatively affected the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire ruled many ethnic groups, like Austria-Hungary. This created the same problem of the groups rising and revolting because they each wanted their separate states, like the nationalistic movement “young Turks” in 1908. The empire divided as it grew weaker and