Causes of WW1

1. Causes of WW1 Click Here to Continue

2. Click on the Picture to learn about the topic Click Here For The Test Nationalism Militarism Assassination of the Arch Duke Entente cordiale Alliances Karl Marx king Wilhelm Colonialism

3. Nationalism The goal of unifying a country through the overall similarities of the people. Example: Serbs trying to break away from Austria-Hungry. Serbia through nationalism of their people should be its own independent country. Click Here To Return To The Main Menu

4. Militarism The building up of arms in Germany caused other nations in Europe to build up their own military to compete with the rival. All of the military build up put all country's attention on each other. Click Here To Return To The Main Menu

5. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand The assassination of the arch duke lit the fuse of the build up of tension in Europe. After the assassination, Austria-hungry declared war on the Slavic people. Which then lead to other country's picking sides on either Austria-Hungry or the Slavic people. This would later start the beginning of the war. Click Here To Return To The Main Menu

6. Alliance system Once Austria-Hungry Declared war on Serbia, Russia got involved and said it would be on the side of the Slavic people. France then was pulled in and declared war on both Germany and Austria-Hungry to back Russia. Britain got involved when Germany attacked France going through Belgium. Once Germany saw Russia getting into the war against Austria hungry , Germany declared war on Russia. Axis Powers • Allies Click Here To Return To The Main Menu

7. Karl Marx Karl Marx started a Communist uprising in Prussia, right before the first World War. The king felt pressure from the new communist threat, and war was the only way to show how powerful the standing government was already. Click Here To Return To The Main Menu

8. Colonialism Germany also wanted the status of colonies plus the added economic expansion this would bring, but Germany only got small or poor colonies. The consequence of Wilhelm's action and policy upset every other major country involved with Germany, caused distrust and started the arms race. Click Here To Return To The Main Menu

9. King Wilhelm King Wilhelm built-up Germanys navy to compete with the British Royal fleet. He also built-up the country's industrial power causing a major completion between Britain and France. Click Here To Return To Main The Menu

10. Entente cordiale The Entente Cordiale, an agreement between Britain and France, resolved a number of longstanding colonial disputes, and established a diplomatic understanding between the two countries, which however stopped short of binding either to any military undertaking in support of the other. Click Here To Return To The Main menu

11. Review • What Was the one event that caused the start of the war?(choose best answer) • Militarism • Alliance System • Nationalism • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

12. Try Again • Militarism is not the correct answer. • To review militarism click here • To return to the quiz page click here

13. Try again • Alliance system is not the correct answer. • To review the alliance system click here • To return to the quiz click here

14. Try again • Nationalism is not the correct answer. • To review nationalism click here • To return to quiz page click here

15. Correct!!! • You have selected the correct answer! • Good Work! • To return to the beginning of the slide show click here Click Here To Continue

16. Congratulations! Please wait for the teacher to come over to see that you completed the PowerPoint.After you are checked off, please click the star at the bottom so the next student can review the PowerPoint.