WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 1914-1920 THE GREAT WAR BEGINS 11-1 WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 1914-1920
Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War. State Standard 10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
World War I Causes: Nationalism Great Power Rivalries Balkan Nationalism Deterioration of Austrian and Ottoman Empires
Interlocking Alliances The Triple Alliance Germany Austria Italy The Triple Entente France Britain Russia
German Militarism Legacy of the Junkers Internal conflict of Germany Modern state with Medieval government
An Arms Race Imperialist challenges Fashoda Sudan Morocco German Naval Expansion
Crisis in the Balkans Competition between Russia and Austria for dominance Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated by the Black Hand
The Two Sides Central Powers Germany Austro-Hungary Ottoman Empire Italy( for a while)
The Allies Britain France Russia Serbia U.S.( in 1917 )
War on Two Fronts The Western Front Schlieffen plan-defeat France first Germans stopped at the Marne River Italy refuses to join Central Powers
Eastern Front Russian vs. German Germans stop Russians at Tannenberg Forest Horrific Russian losses