Pittsburgh Agreement

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The Pittsburgh Agreement was a 1918 accord signed by Czech and Slovak leaders in the United States that endorsed the creation of an independent Czechoslovak state and outlined the political relationship between Czechs and Slovaks within it.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czechoslovak independence document
historical document
political agreement
archivalStatus preserved historical document
category Czechoslovak documents
History of Pittsburgh
Treaties concluded in 1918
context World War I
dissolution of Austria-Hungary
countryToBeCreated Czechoslovakia
endorsed independent Czechoslovak state
hasPoliticalImpactOn Czech–Slovak relations
status of Slovakia in Czechoslovakia
hasSubject formation of a common Czechoslovak state
self-determination of Czechs and Slovaks
historicalPeriod 1910s
influenced Czechoslovak declaration of independence
surface form: Czechoslovak Declaration of Independence

constitutional arrangements of First Czechoslovak Republic
language Czech
Slovak
namedAfter Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pittsburgh
politicalNature Czech–Slovak agreement
providedFor Slovak autonomy within Czechoslovakia
own Slovak administration
own Slovak courts
own Slovak diet
union of Czechs and Slovaks in a single state
purpose definition of political relationship between Czechs and Slovaks in a common state
endorsement of the creation of an independent Czechoslovak state
recognizedBy Czech American organizations
Slovak League of America
surface form: Slovak American organizations
regionConcerned Czech lands
Slovakia
relatedTo Cleveland Agreement
Czechoslovak independence movement
signatoryGroup Czech National Association in America
Slovak League of America
signedBy Czech leaders in the United States
Slovak leaders in the United States
signedDuring Masaryk’s stay in the United States
signedIn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pittsburgh
signedInCountry United States of America
signedOn 1918-05-31
significance key step toward international recognition of Czechoslovakia
supportedBy Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

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Czechoslovak independence movement significantEvent Pittsburgh Agreement
this entity surface form: Cleveland Agreement
Pittsburgh Agreement debates mainSubject Pittsburgh Agreement
Pittsburgh Agreement debates concernsDocument Pittsburgh Agreement
this entity surface form: Pittsburgh Agreement of 1918
Czechoslovak declaration of independence relatedDocument Pittsburgh Agreement
this entity surface form: Cleveland Agreement