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1 UNDERLYING CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I/GREAT WAR a pronounceable name made up of a series of initial letters or parts of words; for example, UNESCO for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization aacronym

2 MAINMAIN ilitarism lliances mperialism ationalism

3 M ILITARISM  GLORIFICATION OF WAR and the MILITARY “painted war in romantic colors” The countries of Europe built up their armies and navies: Germany: 2,200,000 soldiers, 97 warshipshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoB1sCPbtbg Austria-Hungary: 810,000 soldiers, 28 warships. Italy: 750,000 soldiers, 36 warships France: 1,125,000 soldiers, 62 warships Russia: 1,200,000 soldiers, 30 warships Great Britain: 711,000 soldiers, 185 warships As one country increased its armies, all the others felt obliged to increase their armed forces to keep the ‘balance of power’. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoB1sCPbt bg

4 Attitude towards war But note that militarism is also a government's attitude of mind, seeing war as a valid means of foreign policy. (GERMANY was especially militaristic.)

5 Arms Race and the First World War: Increase in Spending There was a four-fold increase in defense spending of the great powers, 1870-1914.

6  Another thing that the countries of Europe did was to train all their young men so that if there was a war they could call, not only the “standing army” but on huge numbers of reservists as well…. Every country but GB implemented a policy of conscription Number of men ready too fight after conscription was implemented

7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPxAmcwz XiYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPxAmcwz XiY real..not cartoon IN YOUR OPINION, SHOULD A COUNTRY HAVE A POLICY OF CONSCRIPTION? WHY OR WHY NOT??? IN YOUR OPINION, SHOULD A COUNTRY HAVE A POLICY OF CONSCRIPTION? WHY OR WHY NOT???

8 FRANCE USA PROPAGANDA

9 AUSTRIA GERMAN

10 A LLIANCES 2 major defense alliances in Europe TRIPLE ALLIANCE TRIPLE ENTENTE “Centrals” “Allies”  GermanyFrance  Austria Hungary (OE)GB  ItalyRussia GOAL GOAL Isolate France Common fear of Germany… Protect their empires A MINOR CONFLICT COULD ERUPT INTO A MAJOR WAR!!!

11 Essential Background - Fact 1 World War I was all about the place of Germany in Europe

12 Essential Background - Fact 2 France and Germany hated each other! When Germany became united country in 1870-1, France went to war to try to stop it … but got WHOPPED!

13 Essential Background Fact 2 (cont.) France also lost Alsace-Lorraine in 1870-1. The French never forgave the Germans. They wanted REVENGE.

14 Germany in the Middle Germany’s BIG problem was that it was IN THE MIDDLE. That made it VULNERABLE if it came to a war.

15 Three Emperors’ League, 1881 In the 19 th century, Germany’s brilliant Chancellor, Bismarck, solved this problem by keeping friends with RUSSIA and AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

16 Triple Alliance, 1882 Then Bismarck allied with Italy and Austria-Hungary (the TRIPLE ALLIANCE, 1882). Together with his friendship with Russia, this kept Germany safe.

17 Germany encircled But when Kaiser Wilhelm became Emperor, he dumped the Russian alliance. He kept the Triple Alliance, but this did NOT solve the problem of Germany’s encirclement.

18 Franco-Russian Alliance, 1892 Instead, in 1892, Russia made an alliance with FRANCE. Although it was only a DEFENSIVE alliance, it was Germany’s worst nightmare!

19 Triple Entente, 1907 In 1907 Russia joined Britain and France to make the Triple Entente. So by 1914 Europe had divided into two massive superpower blocs. People thought this BALANCE OF POWER would keep the peace.

20 The Balkans But Russia was also allied to Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. When trouble erupted in the Balkans in 1914, the nations found their alliances dragged them into war…

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23 SHOULD YOU ALWAYS SUPPORT AN ALLY? World War 1 has begun. You are the leader of a European nation and must decide what to do. Your nation is one of the several that have agreed to support each other in an event of war. Some of your allies have already joined. You oppose the thought of war and fear that joining will lead to even more lives lost. Also you believe that your allies may have been overly aggressive. Yet, you believe in being loyal to your allies. 1.Should you always support a friend, no matter what he or she does? 2.What might be the long term consequences of refusing to help an ally?

24 http://www.owasso.k12.ok.us/webpages/gyan key/regadvhandouts.cfm?subpage=313705

25 I MPERIALISM BUILDING AN EMPIRE TO EXTEND POWER AND TERRITORY Leads to heated competition and tension. Big clashes between imperialistic powers…GB-France-Germany Examples:

26 N ATIONALISM  PRIDE IN ONE’S NATION…DESIRE FOR SELF RULE Examples: 1. French nationalists want revenge on Germany for taking border land A-L in the________________________ 2. Slavs angry at A-H…Why???? 3. Various ethnic groups resented domination by others and longed for their nations to be independent…look to larger nations for protection…Russia protector of Serbs LEADS TO RIVALRIES AMONG NATIONS

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28 http://www.johndclare.net/causes_WWI2_IDG _Long-term_How.htmlhttp://www.johndclare.net/causes_WWI2_IDG _Long-term_How.html spidergram chart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htyue8xRS 7Mhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htyue8xRS 7M Cartoon video of the underlying causes

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