Causes of WWI "The War To End All Wars ” ( ) "The War To End All Wars ” ( )

Causes of WWI  1. Industrialization  2. Imperialism  increased competition between countries as they build empires by colonizing overseas  1. Industrialization  2. Imperialism  increased competition between countries as they build empires by colonizing overseas

 3. Nationalism  Devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation  Heightened rivalries between countries  Many countries feared Germany’s growing power in Europe  3. Nationalism  Devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation  Heightened rivalries between countries  Many countries feared Germany’s growing power in Europe

 4. Miltarism  Development of armed forces and their use as a tool for diplomacy  “Arms Race” countries race to build up their stockpiles of weapons  Germany alarmed the world in the 1890s when they expanded their military  4. Miltarism  Development of armed forces and their use as a tool for diplomacy  “Arms Race” countries race to build up their stockpiles of weapons  Germany alarmed the world in the 1890s when they expanded their military

 5. Alliance System  Alliance: friendship among nations created for the mutual self-defense of member countries  By 1907 two major alliances were formed:  Triple Alliances (Central Powers)  Germany  Austria-Hungary  Italy  Triple Entente (Allied Powers)  France  Britain  Russia  5. Alliance System  Alliance: friendship among nations created for the mutual self-defense of member countries  By 1907 two major alliances were formed:  Triple Alliances (Central Powers)  Germany  Austria-Hungary  Italy  Triple Entente (Allied Powers)  France  Britain  Russia

 Alliances were meant to provided international security  HOWEVER… the entanglements set off a major conflict!  Alliances were meant to provided international security  HOWEVER… the entanglements set off a major conflict!

War begins & quickly escalates…  June 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is assassinated while visiting Bosnia  He is assassinated by Gavrilo Princip a Serbian nationalist  June 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is assassinated while visiting Bosnia  He is assassinated by Gavrilo Princip a Serbian nationalist

 July 1914: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia  Russia defends Serbia and protects against German border  Germany demands that Russia stop helping  Germany also demands that France remain neutral (do not get involved)  July 1914: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia  Russia defends Serbia and protects against German border  Germany demands that Russia stop helping  Germany also demands that France remain neutral (do not get involved)

 August 1914: Germany declares war on Russia and France  Great Britain then declares war on Germany as a result of the Triple Entente Alliance  World War I has now begun!  August 1914: Germany declares war on Russia and France  Great Britain then declares war on Germany as a result of the Triple Entente Alliance  World War I has now begun!