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WWI: What are the causes of WWI?
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Long-Term Causes of WWI Nationalism: devotion to the interests & culture of your nation Imperialism: fight to control areas around the world Militarism: building of many weapons and a large military Alliance System: making “friends” with nationsAlliance System
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The Spark! June, 1914: ________________________ assassinated in _______________ Alliance system pulls in one country after another into war Germany follows the ______________, to avoid fighting on two frontsGermany Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sarajevo, Bosnia Schlieffen Plan
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Trench Warfare Allies & Germans “dig trenches” for a long battle 300 miles of trenches across Francetrenches ____________ : muddy space in- between trenches filled w/ barbed wire, bombs ●Slide 12Slide 12 No man’s land
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Please review your notes by answering the following questions. 1.What are the 4 long-term causes to WWI? 2.Why were so many Euro. nations pulled into the conflict?
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German Soldiers
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Trench fighting
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Europe at the start of WWIWWI
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The Balkan Peninsula; The “Powder Keg of EuropeEurope”
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The Schlieffen Plan
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Trenches Trenches across France and Belgium
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