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WWI Day 1 Notes

WWI Day 1 Notes. Causes of World War I. Objective : To figure out how all this chaos started!. M A N I A. WORLD WAR I “MANIA”. Militarism – policy of building up strong military forces to prepare for war. Alliances - agreements between nations to aid and protect one another.

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WWI Day 1 Notes

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  1. WWI Day 1 Notes Causes of World War I

  2. Objective: To figure out how all this chaos started!

  3. MANIA WORLD WAR I “MANIA” Militarism– policy of building up strong military forces to prepare for war Alliances- agreements between nations to aid and protect one another Nationalism– pride in or devotion to one’s country Imperialism – when one country takes over another country economically and politically Assassination– murder of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  4. Imperialism: European conquest of Africa

  5. Causes of World War I - Militarism Total Defense Expenditures for the Great Powers(Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, France, Britain, Russia) in millions of £s (British pounds)

  6. Causes of World War I - Alliances Triple Entente: Triple Alliance: Great Britain Germany Austria-Hungary France Tension Italy Russia

  7. Causes of World War I - Nationalism Pan-Germanism - movement to unify the people of all German speaking countries Germanic Countries Austria* Belgium Denmark Iceland Germany* Liechtenstein* Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland* United Kingdom * = German speaking country

  8. Causes of World War I - Nationalism Pan-Slavism - movement to unify all of the Slavic people

  9. In 1914 trouble starts in The Balkans • The Balkans refers to a group of countries in Southeast Europe. • Nations included… • Turkey • Albania • Serbia • Greece • Bosnia

  10. Causes of World War I - Assassination

  11. Causes of World War I - Assassination Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed in Bosnia by a Serbian nationalist who believed that Bosnia should belong to Serbia on June 28, 1914.

  12. Causes of World War I - Assassination Gavrilo Princip after his assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

  13. The Point of No Return:The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Austria blamed Serbia for Ferdinand’s death and declared war on Serbia. Germany pledged their support for Austria -Hungary.· example of Pan-German nationalism Russia pledged their support for Serbia.· example of Pan-Slavic nationalism

  14. The Point of No Return:The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Germany declares war on Russia. France pledges their support for Russia. (alliance) Germany declares war on France. (alliance) Germany invades Belgium on the way to France. (alliance) Great Britain supports Belgium and declares war on Germany.

  15. Still Confused? • Sure you are! Me too! • Maybe this will help a bit… • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfxrTD-kPps

  16. Allied Powers: Central Powers: Germany Great Britain World War I France Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Russia Italy

  17. How it all shaped out after 1914…

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