2. Vocabulary List 13
-Militarism -Nationalism -Propaganda -Contraband -Triple Alliance(p 184)) -Triple Entente (p. 185)
--Zimmerman Telegram (p 187)

3. World War I
The Many Causes of WWI

4. I. Background A) 19th Century
French and Germans fight in Franco-Prussian War
France lost, will forever hate Germany
Austria-Hungary created
B) Militarism - build up of military to scare neighbors
Britain always had largest navy
Germany builds up navy in 1898
Arms race between two begin
C) Alliances formed
Triple Alliance = German Empire + Austria-Hungary + Italy
Triple Entente = France + Great Britian + Russia

6. I. Background (Cont…) D) Other Relevant Alliances: 1) Serbia & Russia
2) Belgium & Great Britain
3) Southern Slavic People - Serbs, Bosnians, Croats & Slovenes
4) USA & Great Britain (Anglo Saxonism)
E) Important Events to know:
1) 1817 Serbia gains independence from Ottoman Empire
2) 1908 Bosnia annexed by Austria-Hungary, pissing off Serbia
Why? Serbia nationals wants to make Southern Slavic state

8. II. Complex Web of Alliances
How WWI Happened:
1) 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austro-Hungary *(A-H) is assassinated by a Serbian
2) Austria-Hungary declares War on Serbia
3) Russia (allied with Serbia) mobilizes against Germany / A-H
4) German Empire
a) declares war against Russia & France (Triple Entente)
c) Invades Belgium to get to France first
5) Britain, allied with Belgium, declares war on Germany / A-H
**Germany wants to fight and beat France first so it can take on Russia after**

9. Video on
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand pt 1

10. Video on

11. III. Alliances → Powers Allied Powers
Triple Entente (Russia/France/GB)
Italy joins in 1915
Central Powers
Germany & A-H
Ottoman Empire
War on Two Fronts of Germany/A-H:
Western - GB/France vs. Germany
Eastern - Russia vs. Germany/A-H

12. Fronts

13. IV. USA’s Role A) From 1914-1916 Neutral Public favored the allies
American banks loaned $2,000,000,000 (billion) to GB
Without Allied Power victory, money never paid back
B) USA Enters war. Three reasons:
1) Germans use U-boats to sink civilian ships around GB
1915 GB Ship Lusitania - 1,000 die, including 128 ‘mericans
This is called Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
2) 1917 Zimmerman Telegram - German official entices Mexico to wage war against USA in return for NM, TX, AZ”
3) Germany did not think USA could raise army + bring to EU in time, so U- boats sunk all ships heading to GB in effort to starve GB.
C) USA Declares war on Geramy/A-H 4/2/1917

14. Video on USA Entering
Its called US Troops enter WW1

15. V. m = 1,000,000 people. A) Central Powers:
1) German Empire - Kaiser Wilhelm II
64m total population
13m in Army
2.4m died
2) Austria-Hungarian Empire - Franz Joseph I
51m tot pop
8m army
1.5m died
3) Ottoman Empire - Mehmed V/VI
21m tot pop
3m army
3m died

16. V. m=1m (cont) B) Allied Powers 1) France - Raymond Poncare
40m total population
9m army
1.6m died
2) Great Britian - George V
60m tot pop
8.8m army
1.2m died
3) Russia - Tsar Nicholas II
175m tot pop
12m army
3.7m died

17. V. m = 1,000,000 C) USA - Woodrow Wilson 92m Total Population
4.7m Army
117,000 died