1. (Based off of the Reading)
Causes of WWI
(Based off of the Reading)

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3. MILITARISM
Army and military forces are given high profile by the government.
European countries have an arms race
French and German forces double between 1870 & 1914
Germany & Britain competed to be the best navy
Von Schlieffen Plan
If Russia attacked Germany, then Germany would attack France, by way of Belguim

4. ALLIANCE
An alliance is an agreement made between two or more countries to give each other help.
Alliances signed between
Triple Entente
Great Britain, France, & Russia
Triple Alliance
Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary

5. IMPERIALISM
When a country takes over new lands or countries and makes them subject to their rule
All of the European countries were competing for new lands
Britain and France increased their rivalry with Germany over territory in Africa

6. NATIONALISM
Strong support of the rights and interests of one’s country.
Countries Unite
Germany & Italy
After Napoleonic Wars
Created great sense of pride and wanted to grow the country
France lost lands (Alsace-Lorraine) after the Franco-Prussian War. France didn’t like Germany for that reason.

7. CRISES Morocco Bosnia 1904 – Land given to France by Britain
Moroccans wanted independence
Germany protested France owning the land
France avoided war and Britain agreed to grant Germany land in the Congo (Africa) to back down
Bosnia
1908 – Austria-Hungary took over Bosnia
Serbia felt the land should be theirs
Threatened Austria-Hungary with war
Russia sided with Serbia
Germany sided with Austria- Hungary
War broke out between the locals