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13.1 Marching Toward War

13.1 Marching Toward War. Ms. Wyatt Spring 2014. Wednesday Jan.22. Standard : 10.5 Students analyze the cause and course of the F irst W orld W ar. In Class: 13.1 Marching Toward War Notes Reflection #1: Should You Support an Ally?

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13.1 Marching Toward War

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  1. 13.1 Marching Toward War Ms. Wyatt Spring 2014

  2. Wednesday Jan.22 Standard: 10.5 Students analyze the cause and course of the First World War. In Class: 13.1 Marching Toward War Notes Reflection #1: Should You Support an Ally? Read the top of pg. 406. Answer the bottom questions in complete sentences Homework: Section Assessment 13.2 pg. 415 #1-5

  3. Thursday Jan. 23 • Standard: 10.5 Students analyze the cause and course of the First World War. • In Class: 13.1 Marching Toward War Notes, 13.1 Causes of War Reading • Homework: Bring for tomorrow: • color pencils/skinny crayons (5 colors), • Pen • Textbook

  4. M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI • Militarism-- policy of glorifying the military and keeping it prepared for war • European countries start an “arms race” • Wanted to have the most powerful military in the world.

  5. 2) Alliances—growing rivalries & mutual mistrust led to the creation of military alliances among the Great Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, and France) 3) Imperialism-- competition over colonies creates mistrust among European nations

  6. 4) Nationalism:deep devotion to one’s nation; lead to intense competition among Europe’s Great Powers for industrial dominance and power

  7. Tangled Alliances Ottovon Bismarksaw France as Germany’s greatest rival He wanted to isolate France Triple Alliance—Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

  8. Tangled Alliances Cont. • 1888 Kaiser Wilhelm II became ruler of Germany • 1890 foreign policy changes after Bismark was forced to resign • Alliance with Russia dropped, so Russia allies with France • Strengthens German navy, which alarms Britain • Triple Entente—France, Britain, Russia

  9. Crisis In The Balkans

  10. Crisis In The Balkans The “powder keg” of Europe Many groups in the Balkans gain independence in the early 1900s Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia & Herzegovina (1908) Serbia outraged because they see themselves as the rightful ruler of these Slavic lands

  11. Crisis In The Balkans Cont. • 1914—Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, shoots Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia • Member of the “Black Hand,” a nationalist group • Austria declares war on Serbia; Russia comes to aid Serbia

  12. Alsace-Lorraine Part of the cause of WWI Along the Rhine River in eastern France Annexed by Germany during the Franco-Prussian War (1871) Both France & Germany claimed it

  13. Check for Understanding • Who were the members of the Triple Alliance? • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy • Who were the members of the Triple Entente? • Britain, France, Russia • What single event set WWI in motion? • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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