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Causes of World War One

Causes of World War One. Ms. Ramos Alta Loma High School. Long Term Causes. MAIN. Ms. Ramos. Militarism. armies France & Germany had more than doubled competition btwn UK & Germany for the seas

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Causes of World War One

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  1. Causes of World War One Ms. Ramos Alta Loma High School

  2. Long Term Causes MAIN Ms. Ramos

  3. Militarism • armies France & Germany had more than doubled • competition btwn UK & Germany for the seas • UK intro 'Dreadnought', an effective battleship http://www.pvhs.chicousd.org/teachers/BethBurton/album/world_history/LeviathanGrandMap.jpg Ms. Ramos http://www.cix.co.uk/~dliddlea/timeguns/dreadnought.jpg

  4. Comparative figures on army increase, 1870-1914: 1870 1914 • Russia 700,000 1,300,000 • France 380,000 846,000 • Germany 403,000 812,000 • Austria-Hungary 247,000 424,000 • Britain 302,000 381,000 • Italy 334,000 305,000 • Japan 70,000 250,000 • U.S.A. 37,000 98,000 Ms. Ramos http://www.mrsgraham.net/Causes%20of%20World%20War%201.ppt

  5. Alliances Ms. Ramos

  6. http://www.mrsgraham.net/Causes%20of%20World%20War%201.ppt Ms. Ramos

  7. Alliances http://rb3091.k12.sd.us/Event/alliances.png Ms. Ramos

  8. Triple Entente • France, Russia, UK • Response to German military build up http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Triple_Entente.jpg Ms. Ramos http://www.historiasiglo20.org/GLOS/images/tripleentente.jpg

  9. Central Powers Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Austro-Hungarian Empire Ms. Ramos http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Central_Powers_monarchs_postcard.jpg

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  11. Imperialism • Lands 'owned' by Britain and France increased rivalry w/Germany http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/ColonialAfrica_1914.svg/350px-ColonialAfrica_1914.svg.png Ms. Ramos

  12. Nationalism • Italy in 1861 and Germany in 1871 • Franco-Prussian war left France angry w/loss of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany, want regain lost territory • Areas of Austria-Hungary and Serbia home to differing nationalist groups, • Wanted freedom Ms. Ramos

  13. Short Term Causes • “Spark”- Assassination • Countries rush into war http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/25/article-1061691-02CAEDA800000578-31_468x540.jpg http://teamassignment.com/images/World_war_one_web_alliance.jpg Ms. Ramos

  14. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand • Killer: Gavrilo Princip http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWassass2.jpg http://techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us/Group9/princip.jpg Ms. Ramos

  15. Countdown to World War • June 1914 Franz Duke Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne assassinated • 28th July Austria Hungary declare war on Serbia. France and Russia back Serbia • 30th July Britain and Russia mobilize forces • 1st August Germany declares war on Russia • 2nd August Germany invades Belgium, declares war on France • 4th August Britain declares war on Germany Ms. Ramos

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