Essential Question What caused World War I Warm

■ Essential Question: –What caused World War I? ■ Warm Up Question:

From 1914 to 1919, World War I erupted in Europe WWI was a global war ■that Text altered the course of the 20 th century What caused World War I? This “Great War” was the largest, most destructive war the world had yet seen

From 1870 to 1914, a number of developments gradually increased tensions among the European powers that led to the outbreak of World War I The MILITARISM ALLIANCES IMPERIALISM NATIONALISM causes of World War I MR: Chorus

MILITARISM The Industrial Revolution Europeans believed that led to large, advanced to be great, nations had militaries in Europe to have strong militaries As a result, an arms race began among European nations, especially between Britain & Germany Nations glorified military power & kept an army prepared for war (called militarism)

IMPERIALISM Germany European & nations England competed fiercely Germany, France almost for colonies & France in Africa &England, Asia Russia went to warfor colonies argued over Competition threepushed times Europeans rights to the building a often over railroad in India to. Morocco the brink of war. Sudan This competition increased European rivalry & mistrust

ALLIANCES Growing Germany, rivalries Italy, & among nations England, led. France, to the Austria-Hungary formation of two made military&alliances Russia formed that threatened up the Triple to draw Alliance European thenations Triple Entente into war During the war Germany & Austria-Hungary became the Central Powers; They were joined by Bulgaria & the Ottoman Empire. The members of the Triple Entente became known as the Allied Powers and eventually were joined by many other nations

MR: Table Talk Green- Allied Powers and Orange – Central Powers Based on the above map, which alliance system had the most advantages and highest chance of winning the war? Why? Hold up card A for Green-Allied Powers Hold up Card B for Orange- Central Powers

NATIONALISM Rivalries due to militarism & imperialism increased nationalism among European powers “European Balance of Power, 1914” British propaganda poster, 1897 Austrian national poster, 1900

NATIONALISM No region was more While unified Thenationalism Balkans became a tense in the years people in the powerful “powder keg” waiting before World War I nations, it was for a spark to dividing blow up than the Balkans people in weakening empires Serbia, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, & Romania broke from the Ottoman Empire to create new nations Slavic people in Serbia wanted to unify all Slavs but Austria-Hungary opposed giving up the largely Slavic territories such as Bosnia

The Outbreak of World War I Serbians vowed On June 28, 1914, the Austroto take Bosnia & Hungarian Archduke Franz Herzegovina from Ferdinand & his wife were Austria-Hungary assassinated by a Serbian terrorist The assassin Gavrilo Princip

Counterfactual History ■ MR: Table Talk and Class Discussion ■ Two shots fired a hundred years ago claimed two lives and an entire century. The bullets fired in June 1914 killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand his wife. The assassination propelled the world into war. The war left 16 million dead and 20 million wounded. It shattered empires and it re-arranged power throughout the world. The economic collapse, and the political instability caused by World War I enabled the rise of fascism in Europe and World War II. ■ Pivotal Movement: before the murder, Franz Ferdinand's car made a wrong turn and it came to a stop right in front of the gunman. So, what if Franz Ferdinand’s drive had made the correct turn? ■ Question: Would there have been a world war 1?

The Outbreak of World War I On July 23, Austria-Hungary When Serbia balked issued an ultimatum to Serbia: turn over conspirators & allow at some of the terms, an investigation…OR…go to war Austria-Hungary declared war on June 28, 1914 Russia had a large population of Slavs & was an ally of Serbia; Russia moved troops to the Austrian border

World War 14, Begins Austria-Hungary On August 1914, England On August 1, 1914, On August 3, declared 1914, Russia mobilized for war declared war on Serbia war on Germany & Italy backed out of its Germany declared war …and joined Germany declared war to protect Serbia & itson ally Russia Austria-Hungary agreement with Germany Russia the Allies on France & Austria-Hungary… World War I had begun

Bonus Points Round ■ Mystery Word –Ms. Willis will pick one student to sit in a chair facing the class, but with his or her back to the word wall so the vocabulary cannot be seen. ■ Each group will give the student clues until the student is able to guess the word. Clues can be any of the following: definition, synonym, antonym, or number of syllables. ■ When a student guesses correctly, he or she must give the definition of the term(s). ■ Can’t say the term. Can’t spell out term. Can’t use partial spelling of term.