1. BELLWORK: BLOCK 2 What is nationalism?
How did nationalism influence imperialism?
How did imperialism lead to conflict between European powers?
Define mobilization.
THINKER: What is an alliance? Why do countries or people make alliances? What could go wrong with an alliance?

2. Why do countries go to war? Are there good and bad reasons? Explain!

3. “The Great War” “The War to End All Wars”
WORLD WAR I
“The Great War”
“The War to End All Wars”

4. MAIN CAUSES OF WWI
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

5. MILITARISM
Militarism: building up armed forces; getting ready for war.
Includes military control of the government, increased spending, and army conscription (the draft).
Created a massive arms race
European Military Spending
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1914 94
130
154
268
289
398
Year
Millions of $

6. Militarism

7. ALLIANCES
Alliance: agreement or promise to defend and help another country.
In WWI, there were two alliances:
Central Powers (Triple Alliance): Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Ottoman Empire
Allied Powers (Triple Entente): Great Britain, France & Russia

9. Alliances

10. IMPERIALISM
Imperialism: establishing political, economic and military dominance over weaker nations.
After 1870, European powers acquired territories in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
These imperialistic rivalries led to bad relations between the powers, strengthening of alliances, and extreme hostility.

11. Imperialism

12. NATIONALISM Nationalism: devotion or loyalty to your nation.
Two kinds of nationalism during WWI:
Oppressed groups’ desire for independence
Serbians oppressed by Austria-Hungary (Slavs)
Independent nation’s desire for dominance
European Empires (Austria-Hungary & Germany)

13. Nationalism

14. MAIN Causes
Germany wished to build her Empire. This is known as _____________. Germany also built up her armed forces – known as _____________.
Smaller countries, like the Slavic states, were under the domination of larger empires, like Austria-Hungary, which created a desire for independence, or _____________.
As Britain had the most powerful navy, she was worried about other countries building up their armed forces. We could call this a worry about _____________. In order to ease her worry, Britain made an _____________ with France, or an agreement to help defend.
Countries in Europe were very proud of themselves, and would defend their country as best as possible. This is known as ____________________.

15. In your opinion, which of the four causes had the biggest impact on starting WWI?

16. Slavic Nationalism: page 515

17. BELLWORK: 3/24
Describe the two types of nationalism pre-WWI (include an example country for both!)
Explain the two alliances of WWI.
What was the Black Hand? What was their goal?
How did Germany get involved in the conflict? What did they do to trigger British involvement?
THINKER: Even though the event that triggered WWI was in the Balkans, it eventually caused 60 countries to declare war! Why? Why was this conflict impossible to contain?
***Once you are finished, complete the Slavic Nationalism section of the wkst!

18. Slavic Nationalism: page 515

19. Outbreak of War
The four MAIN causes had been building for years, but there was one direct event that pushed Europe into war…….
The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand on June 28, 1914.

21. The Black Hand
By 1914 there were around 2,500 members of the Black Hand. The group was mainly made up of junior army officers but also included lawyers, journalists and university professors.
Their goal???
BREAK FREE FROM AUSTRIA-HUNGARY! INDEPENDENCE FOR THE SLAVS!

24. Name
Sentence
Gavrilo Princip
Life in prison
Nedjelko Čabrinović
20 years
Trifun Grabež
Vaso Čubrilović
16 years
Cvjetko Popović
13 years
Lazar Đukić
10 years
Danilo Ilić
Death by hanging (executed 3 February 1915)
Veljko Čubrilović
Nedjo Kerović
Death by hanging; commuted to 20 years in prison by Kaiser Franz-Joseph based on Finance Minister's recommendation
Mihaijlo Jovanović
Jakov Milović
Death by hanging; commuted to life in prison by Kaiser Franz-Joseph based on court's and Finance Minister's recommendation
Mitar Kerović
Ivo Kranjcević
Branko Zagorac
3 years
Marko Perin
Cvijan Stjepanović
7 years

25. Princip Bridge: sight of Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination

26. REVIEW: Outbreak of War1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
WORLD WAR I

27. Outbreak of War – Chain Reaction
Assassination of Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist.
Austria-Hungary mobilizes against Serbia, with German support
Russia mobilizes because of their alliance with Serbia
Germany joins in response to Russia
German forces sent into Belgium
France and Britain mobilize against the Central Powers

29. Fighting world war i
Mind map notes on important events, new weapons & fighting conditions

30. Important Events of WWI
Read pages and complete the “important events” section of your mind map notes.
For each event include a description and the outcome!
Schlieffen Plan
Marne
Tannenberg
Verdun
Eastern Front

31. The Schlieffen Plan What was the goal of the Schlieffen Plan?
You are now going to read about the “opening move” of WWI on pages Answer the following questions IN YOUR NOTES!
What was the goal of the Schlieffen Plan?
List three problems the Germans ran into with the Schlieffen Plan.
How did the British and French respond to Germany’s invasion?

32. Trench Warfare
Both sides would dig elaborate trenches facing each other.
Result would be a stalemate situation- both sides stuck, neither able to attack because the other can defend so well.
Men would charge across open fields rushing to the opposing side & be cut down with machine gun fire.

38. Trench Foot

39. Trench Rats Men killed in the trenches were buried where they fell.
Large numbers of decomposing bodies filled up the trenches
This attracted rats
Rats were carriers of diseases, like malaria and influenza.

40. Diseases and Sanitation
No proper system of waste disposal
Soldiers would use tins to deposit waste and throw them over the trench.
This lack of sanitation caused disease to spread rapidly.

41. Shellshock Also known as Combat Stress Reaction (CSR)
In WWI, shell shock was considered a psychiatric illness resulting from injury to the nerves during combat
The horrors of trench warfare meant that about 10% of the fighting soldiers were killed and the total proportion of troops who became casualties (killed or wounded) was 56%.

42. New weapons in WWI Tanks Machine Guns
Mortars (shot a shell in a high arc over a relatively short distance)
Flamethrowers
Helmets
Barbed Wire
Mustard Gas

44. MUSTARD GAS

45. REVIEW Why were the first two years of WWI a stalemate?
Describe the conditions in the trenches.
How do you think the U.S. responds to WWI?
What were the two alliances of WWI?