1. Tuesday, March 17 Welcome back! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  Bellringer:
Please turn to p. 354 in your textbook.
Study the political cartoon.
Write and answer questions 1-3.
Reminder: Bellringers will be due on Friday!

2. Think about it … What is suspicion?
What effects does suspicion have on friendships?
What happens when things get blown out of proportion?
What happens when you have a chance to diffuse (calm down) a situation, but you don’t?
When can having friends be bad?

3. War in Europe What caused it?
Trace your hand on a piece of notebook paper.
Do not color it in!
Label each finger with one of the following:
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
The alliance system
Work with your group to define each term.
Leave the thumb blank!

4. The alliance system
Copy the diagram on the next slide onto your sheet of paper.

5. The alliance system
Leave space here!

6. The alliance system
Triple Entente
(Allies)
Triple Alliance

7. The alliance system Germany Triple Entente Austria-Hungary
(Allies)
Austria-Hungary
Triple Alliance
Italy

8. The alliance system Germany France Triple Entente (Allies)
Austria-Hungary
Triple Alliance
Britain
Italy
Russia

9. The alliance system

10. The spark What is The Balkan Peninsula? Where is it located?
What are the Balkan States?

12. The spark
June 28, 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia
Assassin is Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist and member of the “Black Hand”
The THUMB!
July 28, 1914
Austria-Hungary declares
war against Serbia

13. The alliance system sucks five other countries into the war …
Germany
Britain
Russia
Belgium
France
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
The alliance system sucks five other countries into the war …

15. ‘The Great War’ What was the fighting like? Front fighting …
Trench warfare …
Horrific casualties …
Stalemate

18. Trench warfare! Germany France Austria-Hungary Triple Alliance Britain
Triple Entente
(Allies)
Triple Alliance
Britain
Italy
Russia

19. Document investigation
With your group, check out the documents in your packet
Complete the chart as you examine each item
Think about how each event contributed to moving the U.S. toward involvement in World War I
When you are finished, please submit your chart on the front table. Thank you!