1. Unit Objective: To learn and assess the causes and impacts of WWI
Causes of WWI ( /19)
Unit Objective:
To learn and assess the causes and impacts of WWI

2. What was the spark that led to a world war?

3. Austria-Hungary demanded an apology from Serbia and threatened to invade if they didn’t get it
-Would you have apologized
if you were Serbia? Why?
  Did Serbia apologize?:

4. Result:
  Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia

5. Why did this lead to a world war?
1.) Nationalism: Intense pride in your nation -Advantage of nationalism for a nation: -Disadvantage of nationalism for a nation:

6. 2.) Imperialism: One country taking over another for it’s own benefit— It often led nations to compete for colonies, which led to conflict and an adversarial relationship 3.) Militarism: Use of military force for a nation to get what it wants—It was a way for more powerful nations to intimidate others

7. 4.) Alliances -Have always been alliances, but by 1914 they had become larger and more complex than ever before -How alliances caused the situation to spiral out of control: -Russia backed Serbia: -Germany backed Austria-Hungary: -France backed Russia and Serbia:

8. Germany marched through neutral Belgium (Schleiffen Plan)
Plan was to quickly strike France and knock it out of the war so Germany did not face a two-front war with Russia on one side and France on the other—going through Belgium was the quickest route that provided the best surprise

10. The plan failed for 3 reasons:
1.) French resistance: 2.) Russian mobilization: 3.) Britain entered the war:

11. Results of the failure of the Schleiffen Plan
Germany ended up with two-front war anyway
Germany was blamed for war in part as result of invasion of Belgium and Germany was seen as the main aggressor of the war

12. Main Central Powers:

13. Main Allied Powers at the start of the war: