Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism Significant individuals Adapted from schoolhistory.co.uk The Causes of WW1 Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism Significant individuals

Militarism 1. Arms race Naval mostly Germany building up navy 1700s & 1800s – Britain ruled the seas

Militarism 2. Army expansion Germany was competing with Russia and France to expand their armies More military = greater threat of war 1880 1914 Germany 1.3m 5.0m France 0.73m 4.0m Russia 0.40m 1.2m

Do Now… Label your map of Europe using this one

Alliances By 1914, all the major powers were linked by a system of alliances. Alliances = more likely for war to start You have to defend your ally if they are attacked Alliances = bigger wars Once started, the alliances made it more likely to spread.

Do Now… Get 2 colored pencils/light colored markers On your map of Europe in 1914, create a key that looks like this: Triple Alliance/Central Powers Triple Entente/Allies Neutral Decide which color is going to be with which alliance

Use the map below to color the alliances & neutral countries

Imperialism Age of Imperialism – 1870-1914 Berlin Conference = diplomacy… But L= W = P British worry about Germany in Africa Austrians worry about Serbia / Russia in the Balkans

Nationalism This was an age when all nations wanted to assert their power and independence. In Europe Slavs, aided by Serbia and Russia, wanted to be free of Austrian rule. Serbia’s national flag

Significant Individuals 1 Kaiser Wilhelm II Built up German army and navy Aggressive foreign policy Determined to make Germany a top nation. Distrusted by other powers “Germany must have its place in the sun” “The world belongs to the strong.”

Significant Individuals 2 Gavrilo Princip Serbian Member of the Black Hand Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand (A-H)

Significant Individuals 3 Archduke Franz Ferdinand Heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne Assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia

Balkans = Europe’s Powderkeg 28 June 1914 Heir to Austrian throne Franz Ferdinand visits Sarajevo. Sarajevo = Capital of Bosnia, recently grabbed by Austria. Assassinated by Serbian Black Hand Seal of the Black Hand group

Do Now… Read the eyewitness account of the assassination and complete the SOAPSToneE chart on it. For each box, you need to have 1 quote from the document 1 piece of analysis of the quote

Steps to War 1 Austrians, supported by Germany, send Serbia a tough ultimatum. Serbia agrees to all but two terms of the ultimatum. Russia mobilises her troops to support Serbia Germany demands that Russia stands her armies down. “Demands must be put to Serbia that would be wholly impossible for them to accept …”

Steps to War 2 A-H declares war on Serbia Russia (Serbia’s ally)  A-H Germany (A-H’s ally)  Russia France (Russia’s ally)  Germany Schlieffen Plan Germany invades Belgium England (Belgium’s ally)  Germany Italy (Germany’s ally) remains neutral for now

The Schlieffen Plan Germany’s military plan to defeat France and Russia. “Knock out blow” aimed at France first. Avoid French defences by invasion of Belgium. Germans thought Britain would not intervene.

Review… Write down and finish the rest of the word: M A I N Now define each word Who killed whom to start WWI? Who declared war first? What was the most important cause of WWI?