1. The Origins

2.  Nationalism  Imperialism  Militarism  Alliance System

3.  Idealist (unlike Taft and Roosevelt)  Believed in self-determination (definition)  Intervened in foreign affairs more than any other president.

4.  Continues Monroe Doctrine and policies of Taft and Roosevelt  Quells domestic uprisings in Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Cuba

5.  Porfirio Diaz- 30 year rule  Stability encourages investment in Mexico  Diaz toppled- unequal wealth distribution, rights for peasants  Huerta takes power in bloody coup, Wilson repulsed

6.  Wilson wants to teach Mexico democracy  Occupation of Veracruz  Wilson backs Carranza as new president  Rebel Pancho Villa kills 18 Americans, the another 17 in New Mexico  Pershing and 15,000 troops sent to find capture Villa

7.  Villa was never found  The United States pulls out of Mexico

9.  Archduke Ferdinand assassinated  Shot heard around the world  Alliances- the dominos start to fall  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njINCi9iIr A&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njINCi9iIr A&feature=related

10.  Allies: Britain, France, Russia  Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire  Why were alliances created?  What role did they play to start a World War?

11.  Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia on July 28, 1914  Germany declares war on France and Russia  Germany attacks France, Great Britain declares war on Germany  Italy joins the Allies in 1915  Stalemate in the West  Russia pounded in the East

12.  Why was it called the war to end all wars?  What was the irony?  What role did imperialism play in starting a World War?