The Sick Man of Europe
I. Russia wanted to invade Ottoman territory.
A. The czar of Russia called the Ottoman empire “the sick man of Europe.”
B. Russia hoped for help from Great Britain.
II. Russia gained its opportunity when the Ottoman Turks attacked Bulgaria.
A. The Young Bulgarians wanted to be free from the Turks and to have a constitution.
B. During the April Uprising of 1876, the revolutionaries took up arms. Almost twelve thousand Bulgarians were killed.
C. The Czar claimed that Russian Christians had to come to the aid of Bulgarian Christians.
D. Russian troops marched south into Ottoman land. They won the war between Russia and the Ottoman Turks.
E. The Ottoman Empire lost half its land.
F. Russia gained most of Asia Minor for itself.
I. Russia wanted to invade Ottoman territory.
A. The czar of Russia called the Ottoman empire “the sick man of Europe.”
B. Russia hoped for help from Great Britain.
II. Russia gained its opportunity when the Ottoman Turks attacked Bulgaria.
A. The Young Bulgarians wanted to be free from the Turks and to have a constitution.
B. During the April Uprising of 1876, the revolutionaries took up arms. Almost twelve thousand Bulgarians were killed.
C. The Czar claimed that Russian Christians had to come to the aid of Bulgarian Christians.
D. Russian troops marched south into Ottoman land. They won the war between Russia and the Ottoman Turks.
E. The Ottoman Empire lost half its land.
F. Russia gained most of Asia Minor for itself.
