1. THE ROAD TO WORLD WAR I

2. “LA BELLE EPOQUE” Social divisions 1-2% upper class
25-35% middle class
urban lower class and peasants on edge of poverty
workers and trade unions

3. NATIONALISM Ireland Norway Austria-Hungary
Russia: pograms…and protector of the Slavic peoples
Ottoman Empire-the “sick man of Europe”:the Armenians
The Balkans
Serbs
Bosnians
Montenegrins
Croats
Slovenes
Albanians
Bulgarians
Romanians

4. MILITARISM

5. ALLIANCES
: Bismarck worked to keep the peace…wanted to isolate France.
1879: Dual Alliance w/Austria-Hungary
1882: Triple Alliance added Italy
1887: treaty with Russia

6. ALLIANCES AFTER 1890 Wilhelm II let alliances lapse
France and Russia made a deal in 1894
1904: Entente Cordiale…Britain and France
1907:Entente with Russia
TRIPLE ALLIANCE V. TRIPLE ENTENTE

7. SARAJEVO June 28, 1914