SSWH 17 DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF LONGTERM CAUSES

SSWH 17: DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF LONG-TERM CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I AND ITS GLOBAL IMPACT.

A. IDENTIFY CAUSES OF THE WAR, INCLUDE: • NATIONALISM • BALKAN NATIONALISM – PEOPLE WANTED THEIR OWN COUNTRIES • ENTANGLING ALLIANCES • TRIPLE ALLIANCE – GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ITALY( LATER OTTOMANS) • TRIPLE ENTENTE – FRANCE, BRITAIN, RUSSIA (LATER UNITED STATES) • MILITARISM • BUILD UP OF MILITARY CAPABILITY • IMPERIALISM • The desire to take land in other places

“POWDER KEG OF EUROPE”

“THE SPARK” • AFTER THE ASSASINATION • Austria asks for the people in charge of the assassination • Serbia says no • Austria declares war on Serbia • Russia declares war on Austria • Germany declares war on Russia • Germany declares war on France • France declares war Germany • Brittan declares war on Germany • Germany declares war on Britain

B. DESCRIBE CONDITIONS ON THE WAR FRONT FOR SOLDIERS, INCLUDE: NEW TECHNOLOGY AND WAR TACTICS.

PROPAGANDA - ONE-SIDED INFORMATION TO BUILD MORALE, SUPPORT FOR WAR.

TOTAL WAR - THE CHANNELING OF A NATION'S ENTIRE RESOURCES INTO A WAR EFFORT. • Nations ration: limiting purchases of war-related goods (example of total war) • 1000’s of women fill jobs held by men; women experience war as nurses

TRENCH WARFARE - COMBAT IN WHICH OPPOSING TROOPS FIGHT FROM TRENCHES (A LONG, NARROW DITCH) FACING EACH OTHER. Over the top No man's land • Lack of water drainage and sanitation • Trench Foot (Don’t google) Machine guns

WESTERN FRONT- LINE OF TRENCHES STRETCHED FROM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL ACROSS FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

SCHLIEFFEN PLAN –A RAPID GERMAN INVASION/VICTORY OVER FRANCE TO AVOID 2 FRONT WAR.

BATTLE OF VERDUN - LARGEST AND LONGEST BATTLE OF WWI ON THE WESTERN FRONT Massive losses in 1916: (gained 4 miles, each lost 300, 000)

C. EXPLAIN THE MAJOR DECISIONS MADE IN THE VERSAILLES TREATY, INCLUDE: GERMAN REPARATIONS AND THE MANDATE SYSTEM THAT REPLACED OTTOMAN CONTROL.

VERSAILLES TREATY • Armistice (ceasefire)A temporary peace agreement to end fighting. • Written by GB, FR, US, RUS, ITALY (who is missing? ) Said the WAR WAS OVER.

VERSAILLES TREATY • • Outcomes from treaty War (German) reparations (most negative) Freedom of the seas Germany accept blame for the war Creation of the League of Nations (L. O. N). Hyperinflation- inflation occurring at a very high rate Legacy of Versailles Treaty • bitterness and hatred by the German people

14 POINTS - WOODROW WILSON’S PLAN TO CREATE LASTING PEACE IN THE WORLD. • US President WOODROW WILSON proposes the 14 Points for Lasting Peace but NO ONE LISTENS

MANDATE SYSTEM - TERRITORIES ADMINISTERED BY WESTERN POWERS. • Territories temporarily assigned to an Allied powers, mostly Britain and France.