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Leading to WWI

Leading to WWI. 1700 – 1900 Summary. Bell Work 3/16. Create a KWL Chart in your Notebook. Militarism (Arms Race). Definition: Making your military bigger and better than other countries. Why would you want your military bigger than other countries?

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Leading to WWI

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  1. Leading to WWI 1700 – 1900 Summary

  2. Bell Work 3/16 • Create a KWL Chart in your Notebook

  3. Militarism (Arms Race) • Definition: Making your military bigger and better than other countries. • Why would you want your military bigger than other countries? • What problems can arise when compete against other countries military strength?

  4. Imperialism • Definition: When one country takes over another country to build an empire. • Land equals power, which countries are the most powerful? • Why would a country want to take over another country?

  5. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cfford/342WorldHistoryModern.htmlhttp://www.public.iastate.edu/~cfford/342WorldHistoryModern.html

  6. Industrial Revolution • During the 1800’s the Industrial Revolution was happening in Europe. • With the invention of factories, weapons were less expensive to produce allowing countries to improve and buy them in mass quantities. • Countries were also experimenting with new weapons such as airplanes, tanks, chemical warfare.

  7. Nationalism • Pride for your country. • What does it mean to have pride for your country? • If you have pride for your country, what would do to help your country?

  8. Alliances • An agreement between two or more countries to help each other. It can include military help, money or providing of weapons. • Late 1800’s many countries in Europe made various alliances, Triple Entente (Britain, Russia and France) and The Dual Alliance (Germany and Austria-Hungary)

  9. The Trigger The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

  10. Miscalculation • War will be over by Christmas • Massive death toll, stalemate

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