1. M.A.I.N. Causes of World War I
Militarism
Alliances/Rivalries
Nationalism
Imperialism

2. Militarism
Development of large armies and new weapons in order to achieve goals with force
German navy
Britain—modern battleship
Glorification of armed strength

3. M.A.I.N. Causes of World War I
Militarism
●Development of
large armies and new weapons in order to achieve goals with force
●German navy
●Britain—modern battleship
●Glorification of armed strength

4. Alliances/Rivalries Rivalry for power/strength of military weapons
Triple Alliance—Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary
Triple Entente—France, Russia, Great Britain
(If one is threatened, all must come to defense)

5. M.A.I.N. Causes of World War I
Militarism
●Development of
large armies and new weapons in order to achieve goals with force
●German navy
●Britain—modern battleship
●Glorification of armed strength
Alliances/Rivalries
●Rivalry for power/strength of military weapons
●Triple Alliance—Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary
●Triple Entente—
France, Russia, Great Britain
(If one is threatened, all must come to defense)

6. Imperialism
Expansion of power by dominating weaker or smaller countries
Rivalry for colonies in Asia and North Africa

7. M.A.I.N. Causes of World War I
Militarism
●Development of
large armies and new weapons in order to achieve goals with force
●German navy
●Britain—modern battleship
●Glorification of armed strength
Alliances/Rivalries
●Rivalry for power/strength of military weapons
●Triple Alliance—Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary
●Triple Entente—
France, Russia, Great Britain
(If one is threatened, all must come to defense)
Imperialism
●Expansion of power by dominating weaker or smaller countries
●Rivalry for colonies in Asia and North Africa

8. Nationalism
Gaining ethnic unity by getting independence from existing gov’t
Gaining power at the expense of nonmembers of the ethnic group
Pan-Slavism (Serbia, Balkan Peninsula)

9. M.A.I.N. Causes of World War I
Militarism
●Development of
large armies and new weapons in order to achieve goals with force
●German navy
●Britain—modern battleship
●Glorification of armed strength
Alliances/Rivalries
●Rivalry for power/strength of military weapons
●Triple Alliance—Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary
●Triple Entente—
France, Russia, Great Britain
(If one is threatened, all must come to defense)
Imperialism
●Expansion of power by dominating weaker or smaller countries
●Rivalry for colonies in Asia and North Africa
Nationalism
●Gaining ethnic unity by getting independence from existing gov’t
●Gaining power at the expense of nonmembers of the ethnic group
●Pan-Slavism (Serbia, Balkan Peninsula)

10. Immediate Cause:
World War I was sparked by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Serbia.

11. M.A.I.N. Causes of World War I
Militarism
●Development of
large armies and new weapons in order to achieve goals with force
●German navy
●Britain—modern battleship
●Glorification of armed strength
Alliances/Rivalries
●Rivalry for power/strength of military weapons
●Triple Alliance—Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary
●Triple Entente—
France, Russia, Great Britain
(If one is threatened, all must come to defense)
Nationalism
●Gaining ethnic unity by getting independence from existing gov’t
●Gaining power at the expense of nonmembers of the ethnic group
●Pan-Slavism (Serbia, Balkan Peninsula)
Imperialism
●Expansion of power by dominating weaker or smaller countries
●Rivalry for colonies in Asia and North Africa
World War I was sparked by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Serbia.

12. U.S. Role in World War I Neutrality
Propaganda and Lusitania--changed minds
Zimmermann Note and Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
AEF: American Expeditionary Force

13. WWI Alliances Triple Alliance (Before WWI) Germany Austria-Hungary
Italy
Central Powers
(DURING WWI)
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
Triple Entente
(Before WWI)
Britain
France
Russia
Allied Powers
(DURING WWI)
Britain Russia**
France United
(Italy) States