1. THE GREAT WAR Sources of Global Conflict c. 1900 to the Present
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THE GREAT WAR Sources of Global Conflict c to the Present
Period 6
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2. Causes of World War I 8/20/2019 6:08 AM
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3. Imperial Expansion New Imperialism Late 19th and early 20th centuries
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Imperial Expansion
New Imperialism
Late 19th and early 20th centuries
Colonial expansion by European powers, US, and Japan
Almost all of Africa and parts of Asia
Competition for Resources
Berlin Conference, 1884 – 1885
Focuses on building their empires
Conquest and exploiting resources
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4. Nationalist Ideologies
Loyalty to the interests and culture of one particular country
Created mistrust and hatred
Germany and France
Franco-Prussian War
Unification of Germany
Austria-Hungary and Russia
Serbia wanted to reclaim land lost to Austria
Serbia – Russia alliance
Austria-Hungary – Germany alliance

5. Alliance Systems Alliance Systems Friendly understanding
Open and secret agreements
Allied with one country, sworn enemy of enemies of members of other alliances

6. Alliance Systems Triple Alliance Triple Entente
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Central Powers
Triple Entente
France, Great Britain, Russia,
United States
Allies (Allied Powers)

7. Mobilization of a state’s resources
Militarism
Great Power rivalries between Great Britain and Germany
Gurkha soldiers in India
The ANZAC troops in Australia
Military conscription

9. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
REMEMBER THE M.A.I.N
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

11. A Shot that Changed the War…
Series of events in the course of World War I
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

12. Improved military technology
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Improved military technology
New military technology and new tactics
Total War
Increased levels of wartime casualties
Tanks
Airplanes – fighter
planes; jet fighters
The atomic bombs
Complete annihilation of the enemy
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16. Conflict leads to Demographic Shifts

17. New Tactics of War Trench warfare 8/20/2019 6:08 AM
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18. Firebombing “Operation Thunderclap”
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Firebombing “Operation Thunderclap”
 “absolutely devastating, exterminating attacks by very heavy bombers from this country upon the Nazi homeland” Winston Churchill, 1945
*Shatters morale of the Germans
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19. Wartime Casualties Nanking (1937) Hiroshima (1945)
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Wartime Casualties
Nanking (1937)
Nanking Massacre/Rape of Nanking
200,000 – 300,000 Chinese killed
20 – 30 million die from starvation and disease
Hiroshima (1945)
Atomic bomb dropped by the US
80,000 instantly; 120,000 die from burns and radiation
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20. World War I Casualties – Central Powers
1.2 million
325,000
Bulgaria
1.8 million

21. 116,000
1.3 million
908,000
1.7 million

23. Ethnic Violence Armenian Genocide Ottoman Empire economic decline
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Ethnic Violence
Armenian Genocide
Ottoman Empire economic decline
Slow to modernize
Trade rights favor foreigners, not Ottoman
Extended to Christian Europeans
Armenians – Christian minority > scapegoats
Turkification
Deportation, starvation, mass murder, death marches
1.2 Million deaths
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24. New International Organization
Treaty of Versailles (Paris, 1918)
Big Four Meeting
Wilson – USA
Orlando – Italy
George – Britain
Clemenceau – France
Fourteen Points (League of Nations)
Peace keeping organization to
ensure peace

25. The Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations
No control of major conflicts.
No progress in disarmament.
No effective military force.

26. Social Reforms
Rise of Feminism (suffrage for women)