Quick Fire • We have talked much about the “Stupid Leaders Theory.” • A few people at the top plunged the whole world into war. • Do you think this is true or false? Why?
Quick Fire
Feb 22, 2016
Quick Fire. We have talked much about the “Stupid Leaders Theory.” A few people at the top plunged the whole world into war. Do you think this is true or false? Why?. WWI Begins: Two Theories. We test two theories on how WWI started 1) A few European leaders plunged the world into war - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Quick Fire
• We have talked much about the “Stupid Leaders Theory.”
• A few people at the top plunged the whole world into war.
• Do you think this is true or false? Why?
WWI Begins: Two Theories
• We test two theories on how WWI started– 1) A few European leaders plunged the world into
war– 2)A system of alliances plunged the world into war
Who are the players?
• Kaiser Wilhelm II, Last Emperor of Germany
Who are the players?
• Tsar Nicholas II, Last Emperor of Russia
Who are the Players?
• George V,• King of United Kingdom• (England, Scotland,
Wales, Ireland)• United Kingdom was a
democracy with a king.
Who are the players?
• France• France was a
democracy with no king or queen.
Who are the players?
• Franz Joseph,• Last Emperor of Austria-
Hungary
The Problem
• Princip was a member of the Serbian Nationalist terrorist group, Black Hand.
• Franz Ferdinand, the sole heir to the Austria-Hungary Empire was just gunned down by a Serbian Nationalist.
That’s what Europe was like before World War I…
We’ve got each other’s back!• Before World War I (WWI),
Europe was tired.• Europeans had been
fighting for hundreds of years.
• Finally, they got into two big groups: – The Triple Entente– The Triple Alliance
That’s what Europe was like before World War I…
We’ve got each other’s back!• Triple Entente:
– France– Great Britain– Russian Empire
• Triple Alliance:– German Empire– Austria-Hungarian Empire– Italy
• The idea: Safety in Numbers
That’s what Europe was like before World War I…
Stand up for your friends!• The countries in the Triple
Alliance swore to defend each other against an attack from the countries of the Triple Entente (and vise versa).
• The problem: If two European countries went to war, they would drag all of Europe (and their colonies in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia) into the war.
That’s what Europe was like before World War I…
Stand up for your friends!• The problem: If two
European countries went to war, they would drag all of Europe (and their colonies in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia) into the war.
• World War I was just waiting to explode!
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