Intro to World War I...Beginning of the Great War (Objective 1) 1900 Europe had been at peace for over 30 years. Some Euros thought war was a thing of the past. 4 factors lead to World

Intro to World War I

Franz Ferdinand

Marching Toward War

Chapter 13.1

Main Idea: In Europe, military buildup, nationalistic feelings, and rival alliances set the stage for a continental war.

Why it Matters Now: Ethnic conflict in the Balkan region, which helped start the war, continue to be a source of tension in the 20th cent. And beyond.

Objectives

1. What were the four major sources of

tension in the years leading up to WWI?

2. List the countries that made up the Triple

Alliance and Triple Entente.

3. What single event led Austria-Hungary to

declare war on Serbia?

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Amazing Dominos!

Review

Nationalism

Nation-States

Collapsing Empires

Prussia Expands…now Germany!

Know European Alliances

European Rivals

European/ Powers

Germany

Austria-Hungary

Great Britain

Italy

France

Russia

(Europe/ Asia)

Beginning of the Great War (Objective 1)

1900 Europe had been at peace for over

30 years.

Some Euros thought war was a thing of

the past.

4 factors lead to World War 1

Nationalism

Militarism

Imperialism

Alliances

Nationalism

Unifies Nations (Brings the people of a nation

together)

Creates Competition (you want to be stronger than the

other “team”)

Nationalism Analogy

Imperialism

Imperialism- Competition

around the world!

Competition for Natural Resources

New Markets

Strategic Military locations

**Territorial disputes occur

Territorial Standoff

Militarism

By 1914 everyone but Great Britain had a

large standing army

GB a island nation so its power was the

world’s strongest Navy

All leads to Militarism:

The glorification of the military on a national

level

Tangled Alliances

Rivalries and Mistrust

lead to the Creation of

Military Alliances.

Bismarck – Prime

Minister of Germany saw

France as the greatest

threat to peace, so he

took it upon himself to

isolate France.

Otto van

Bismarck of

Germany

Triple Alliance 1881: Objective 2

Germany

Austria-Hungary

Italy (1881) Bismarck negotiates

treaty between Germany

and Russia

Italy

Germany

Austria-Hungary

Bismarck out!

Kaiser Wilhelm II takes over

Removes Bismarck as PM • Wilhelm did not want to share

power

Obsessed with military

Russian treaty expires • Russia forms an alliance with ...

France!

He builds up German Navy • Wants it equal to British Navy

GB concerned & ally w/ France

Triple Entente 1907: Objective 2

Great Britain

France

Russia

Russia

Great Britain

France

The Balkans The Balkans known as

the “powder keg” of Europe

Home to many ethnic groups

Austrian empire controls area, but by 1900 empire begins to crumble

Serbia

Wanted to unite

Slavic people

Russia

• Large Slavic

population/ Support

Serbs

Austrians Cause Problems

1908 Austria

seizes Bosnia

Serbia (Slavic)

Vowed to take

these countries

back

Shot Rings Throughout Europe

Franz Ferdinand—heir to Austrian throne—went to Sarajevo (capital of Bosnia)

Black Hand – Secret society for the independence of all Serbs

Franz Ferdinand attends reception at Town Hall

Franz Ferdinand

Assignation in Sarajevo: Objective 3

June 28th 1914:

-Franz Ferdinand was

traveling in car

-SHOT!

Killer: Gavrilo Princip

Member of the Black

Hand (Terrorist Group)

Of

Alliances!

Think About it

Amazing dominos are representative of

Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s

Assassination in Sarajevo by…

Complete all notes and graphics

in your project notebook