1 / 25

Warm-up

Warm-up. What neighborhood do you live in? Do you identify with this place? In what ways? Would you get into a fight over this neighborhood? Would you fight for another neighborhood? Why? Why not?. European Alliances and the Long March to World War I. Ms. Siarny Modified from Ms. Fuchs

Lucy
Download Presentation

Warm-up

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Warm-up • What neighborhood do you live in? Do you identify with this place? In what ways? Would you get into a fight over this neighborhood? Would you fight for another neighborhood? Why? Why not?

  2. European Alliances and the Long March to World War I Ms. Siarny Modified from Ms. Fuchs Visuals from Spodek, The World’s Peoples; Stearns, World Civilizations; and various websites

  3. What HAPPENED?! • 1914 • European domination • Land Empires: Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, Chinese • Typical political system: empire or monarchy • 2008 • World powers: China, Japan, United States, Russia • Global economic empires: businesses, banks, investment companies • Typical political system: none. • So….WHAT HAPPENED?!

  4. The World Changed…but HOW? And WHY? • Triggers for change: • Collapse of European dominance • World Wars • Economic depression • Technological innovation • Demographic explosion • Where to begin?

  5. Why did World War I begin? • European diplomatic tensions • Colonial rivalries • Arms races • ALLIANCES

  6. What is an alliance? An agreement between different parties (can be people, countries, teams) to act in a certain way

  7. Where have you seen the term alliance used?

  8. Your Assignment • Make a chart of the major alliances that existed before WWI • You will use this chart for your homework tonight.

  9. Title: Pre-WWI European Alliances

  10. The Dual Alliance • Formed in 1878 between Germany and Austria-Hungary when Russia backed out of the Three Emperor’s League • If Austria or Germany were to be attacked by Russia (or Russia aiding another country), the other would come to its defense

  11. The Triple Alliance • In 1881, Italy joined the Dual Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary • Germany and Austria-Hungary agreed to help Italy if it was attacked by France and vice-versa (if Germany or Austria-Hungary were attacked by France, Italy would help)

  12. Secret Franco-Italian Alliance • Despite its alliance with Germany/Austria-Hungary, Italy made a secret alliance with France in 1881 • Italy agreed to ‘remain neutral’ (not fight) if France was attacked by Germany

  13. Franco-Russian Agreements • 1891 Russia allied with France • They agreed to ‘consult’ (or discuss options) with one another if either found itself at war with another nation • The result: if a member of the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria or Italy) attacked France, Russia would join the war on France’s side

  14. Triple Entente • In 1907 Russia signed an agreement with Britain • This created ties between both France, Britain and Russia against the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

  15. Serbian-Russian Alliance • Serbia and Russia were alligned based on shared ethnicity. • If Serbia was attacked by anyone, Russia would come to its defense

  16. Lightning Round • Why did so many European countries join alliances? • What is an alliance?

  17. Homework: • Using your chart of alliances as a guide, create a flow chart demonstrating what might happen if Austria-Hungary went to war with Serbia? • *Hint: Use your chart and look at who is aligned with who to show what might happen • Be sure to provide SUPPORT for your hypotheses!

  18. HW Example: Because of Serbian-Russian alliance, Russia defends Serbia, causing Russia to be at war with Austria Austria attacks Serbia

  19. Sources • Russian Map in 1913 http://www.nicholasandalexandra.com/virtual1999/russmap.html • Austro-Hungarian resources: http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/hmd_info13 • Map of China: http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/1400/1429/1429.htm

More Related