1. Causes of WWI (The Great War)

2. I. Europe’s Control over World 1.2 nd half of 19 th c. Europe a) b) c)

3. 2.Why was Europe so powerful? a) b) c) d) This situation creates tension among major European Powers

4. II. Causes of WWI M A I N Short vs Long term causes:

5. III. Long Term Causes 1.New Imperialism (approx 1870-1914) 2.Definition: Est econ & pol control over Refer to the Maps you are to complete: Imperialism in Africa & Asia

6. IV. Motives for Imperialism 1.Economic – a) J.A. Hobson b) Industrial colonization c) “spheres of influence”

7. 2.Political Reasons a) b) c) d)

8. 3.Justifications for Imperialism a) b) c)

9. V. Scramble for Africa 1.Berlin Conference a) Britain b) France c) Belgium, Portugal, Spain & Italy d) Germany & Bismarck

10. VI. China 1.U.S. & “open-door policy” VII.Militarism 1. 2. VIII.Nationalism 1.

11. IX.Pan-Slavism 1.Serbia 2.Russia 3.1 st Balkan War (1912) 4.2 nd Balkan War (1913)

12. X. Entangling Alliances 1.Bismarck 2.Worried about 3.Did NOT want 4.Created a

13. Bismarck’s Alliances Bismarck Three Emperor’s League (1873) Dual Alliance (1879) 2 nd Three Emperor’s League (1881) Triple Alliance (1882) Reinsurance Treaty (1887) Post Bismarck Reinsurance Treaty Lapses Franco-Russian Treaty (1894) Entente Cordial (1904) Triple Entente (1907)

14. X. Bismarck’s Alliances 1.Three Emperor’s League (1873) b/t 2.Falls apart b/c 3.Treaty of San Stefano 4.Congress of Berlin – Goal = a) results 1) 2)

15. 5.Dual Alliance (1879) b/t a) b) c) 6.2 nd Three Emperors League a) Bismarck was right = b) promised to

16. 7.Triple Alliance (1882) b/t a) Italy worried b) a defensive alliance directed against 8.Reinsurance Treaty b/t a) created after b) Both sides would remain neutral if c) BUT…it begins to unravel when

17. 9.William II (Wilhelm II) a) b) wanted c) wanted d) fired e) Leo von Caprivi f) Bismarck’s complex system

18. XI. Franco-Russian Alliance (1894) 1.Caprivi refused 2.Russia felt 3.Britain 4.The impossible happened…

19. XII. Entente Cordial 1.With this Britain had abandoned 2.Not a formal 3.Settled all 4.Britain felt

20. XIII. First Moroccan Crisis 1.William II’s speech in Tangiers 2.Will calls for a conference and 3.Germany’s bullying drew

21. XIV. Triple Entente (1907) 1.Between 2.Britain concerned with 3.It is now the Triple Alliance vs. the Triple Entente

22. XV. Short-term Cause 1.Assassination of 2.“Black-Hand” member 3.Sarajevo