Steps to War World War I

Why do we fight wars?

Franz Ferdinand Archduke, heir to Austro Hungarian throne Visits town of Sarajevo with his wife

Austro-Hungarian Empire

Gavrilo Princip & The Black Hand 19-year old Yugoslav Nationalist Black Hand- Military Group Goal: to create a FREE state of Yugoslavia Method: killing members of Royal Family

June 28, 1914 Ferdinand & Wife are touring city by car Assassination Attempt #1 Bomb thrown at car, explodes on the hood No one hurt, tour continues Assassination Attempt #2 Princip steps onto car & fires 2 shot Ferdinand hit in throat his wife hit in Stomach

The Aftermath Archduke & Duchess both die Princip swallows poison, but doesn’t die 5 members of Black Hand arrested Code used to inform Black Hand: “Excellent sale of both horses” How does this lead to the start of WWI How could this impact Canada?

Causes of WWI NATIONALISM ALLIANCES IMPERIALISM MILITARISM

NATIONALISM Loyalty to your homeland Willing to kill or go to war Potentially lead to racism

Alliances Germany and France involved in multiple conflicts Both start looking for support in the event of a future war Triple Entente- “Allies” France Britain Russia Triple Alliance- “Central Powers” Germany Austria-Hungary Italy

Alliances 2 Major Problems: 1) increases suspicion and fear between countries 2) increases the size of conflicts

Alliances

Imperialism Countries expanding their economy Control of Colonies = More Resources Raw Materials, New Markets, and Power France, Great Britain, and the USA all had colonies Germany did not Countries began to fight over control

Imperialism

Militarism Power = Large Armies and Navies Peace = Preparing for War If you are strong, no one will attack you Arms Race: Countries wanted to make bigger armies and more deadly weapons Example- Germany expanded their Navy Direct threat to Great Britain's Naval Power

Causes of WWI NATIONALISM ALLIANCES IMPERIALISM MILITARISM Fight for your Country ALLIANCES Increase suspicion & size of the conflict IMPERIALISM Conflict over expanding economic control MILITARISM Growth of Military Power

The Final Steps to War “The Final Steps to War”- Page 69 Create a Numbered Sequence of Events that eventually lead to the start of WWI

Example Start With: Assassination of Franz Ferdinand Include: A-H vs Serbia (blame, demands & answer), Allies and Mobilization, significance of Belgium End With: The start of World War 1

The Final Steps to War 1) Assassination of Ferdinand 2) A-H Blames Serbia 3) A-H Makes 3 Demands- Ultimatum 4) Serbia agrees to only 2 5) A-H declares WAR on Serbia 6) Russia mobilizes armies to help Serbia

The Final Steps to War 7) France, Russian ally, also mobilizes armies 8) Germany feels threatened, orders France & Russia to stop 9) They refuse 10) Germany declares war on both countries

The Final Steps to War 11) Germany plans to attack France through Belgium 12) Belgium is Neutral 13) Great Britain has agreed to protect Belgium 14) Germany Invades Belgium 15) Great Britain declares war on Germany

The Final Steps to War 16) World War 1 has begun