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The Great War Chapter 29
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Militarism Imperialism Racism Alliances Nationalism MIRAN
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Militarism Keeping a large standing army prepared for war
Read primary source pg 842 Militarism
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Forced Bismark to resign, military leader of Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Imperialism The fight for Africa and Asia
Brought on by the Industrial Revolution and the need for goods Imperialism
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Racism The “powder keg” of Europe
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand – Austro-Hungarian Gavrilo Princip and the Serbian Black Hand Story Racism
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Alliances Otto von Bismark wanted Germany to become a power
Saw France as a threat – wanted to isolate Austria-Hungry and Italy to form the Triple Alliance – Central Powers Alliances
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Alliances Tension between the new Kaiser Wilhelm II and Russia
Russia forms alliances with France and Great Britain later joins – Triple Entente – Allies Alliances
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Bosnia, Serbia, and many other ethnic populations wanted self rule from Austria-Hungry
Video – WWI How Did It Start? Nationalism
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Serbia agrees to Austria’s demands from the assassination, but Austria still declares war
Russia helps Serbia, Germany declares war on Russia and France to help Austria France, Great Britain, and Russia declare war on Germany and Austria WAR
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Northern region of France
The Schlieffen Plan – Quickly defeat France on the Western Front, then rush over to Russia Western Front
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Eastern Front German and Russian border - Cold
Russia struggle because of failure to become industrialized Why can Russia retreat so much? Eastern Front
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Trench Warfare
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Gallipoli Video on Trench Warfare
Allies wanted to take Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire to secure a supply line to Russia Gallipoli
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Wanted to help Britain in hopes for independence. Peaceful help
Mohandas Gandhi
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
German U-boats would sink any ship around Britain without warning Lusitania – sunk by German U-boat, killing 128 Americans German U-boats sunk two more ships, then stopped USW Reinstated USW and pulled America into the war, along with… Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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The Zimmerman Telegram
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Total War Rationing Propaganda Women The War at Home
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Revolution in Russia (Lenin) takes Russia out of the war – Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
American troops in the Western Front counter the German momentum Armistice
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Results of WWI 8 million dead, 21 million wounded
Destroying farmland and towns Society became unsettled The peace agreement… Results of WWI
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Peace Talks Woodrow Wilson – American President and diplomat
Georges Clemenceau – French President and diplomat GB, Italy, USA, France = Big Four Different views Why didn’t Russia negotiate peace talks? Peace Talks
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Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Plan for lasting peace Read on page 858 Self-determination How might self-determination in the Balkans prevented WWI? Wilson’s Fourteen Points
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Treaty of Versailles France and GB don’t like the Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles basically between the Germans and Allies , five years to the day after Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, June Punished Germany for losses – “war guilt” clause Graph on page 861 Treaty of Versailles
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Wilson’s fourteenth point was an international association to keep world peace.
Basically ran by the Allies League of Nations
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Multiple Treaties The USA did not sign the Treaty of Versailles.
Signed a separate treaties with Germany and other Central Power countries Germany and Russia lost lands New nations created in the Balkans Multiple Treaties
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