World War I The War to End All Wars http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v = Qw-d-HsSsVM
Mar 27, 2015
World War I
The War to End All Wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw-d-HsSsVM
Essential Question
What factors combined to draw the world and ultimately the US into World War I?
Causes of WWI in Europe
• Militarism– Countries in Europe were building massive
militaries– Competition for colonies
Causes
• Nationalism– People in Europe
were competitive and proud of their nation
– Product of close proximity
• Self Determination– The idea that people who belong to a nation
should have their own country– Nation in political science terms refers to
ethnicity– Example: Serbs, Bosnians, Croats, and
Slovenes
The Alliance System
• The Alliance System– Agreements between countries to treat an
attack on one member country like an attack on all
– Triple Alliance – Germany, Italy and Austria Hungary
– Triple Entente – Great Britain, France and Russia
The Spark the Ignites the Powder Keg
June 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by a Serbian member of the Black Handhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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• Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia
• Russia rushes to help Serbia, and Germany helps Austria-Hungary
• Alliance System goes into effect, almost all of Europe goes to war!
Germany’s War Plan (Schliefflen Plan)
• Wanted to Avoid a Two Front War
• Attack and defeat France First: Then focus on Russia
• On way to France Germany invades neutral Belgium
• German advance into France stopped just outside Paris
• Both sides dig in on the Western Front
Causes of WWI
• List and explain the things that were causes of the conflictMilitarism
Nationalism
Self-determination
Alliance system
It only takes a spark…
• Describe the things that were the spark that led to World War I– Franz Ferdinand– Austria Hungary– The Black Hand– Serbia
The Domino Effect
• Explain the beginning of war– Austria Hungary– Serbia– Russia– Germany
The US In World War I
Essential Question
Why was the US unable to maintain a policy of neutrality during World
War I?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6WEBhYfB8k
US Finds it tough to remain neutral
• President Wilson wanted to abide by the Monroe Doctrine and remain isolationist
• US relied on trade with Great Britain
• German U boats made trade with Great Britain difficult
German Aggression• May 7, 1915, German U-
Boat sinks the British Passenger ship the Lusitania
– 128 Americans killed
• Many Americans push for war
• Germany doesn’t want the US in the War
• Pass the Sussex Pledge
– Promise not to sink US ships without warning
• US Ships going to Great Britain with supplies making it difficult for Germany to win the war
• Germany sends the Zimmerman telegram to Mexico (January 1917)– Promises to help Mexico
get back lost territory if Mexico allies with Germany
– Intercepted by the US and leaked to the press
US Enters WWI
• Germany returns to unrestricted submarine warfare
• April 2, 1917 – US Declares war on Germany
The Sides
Allied Powers
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Central Powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Ottoman Empire
Document Based Question T-chart
• In your groups look through the documents and create a chart listing the evidence for and against going to war
• Each person must have a chart
• In the top right hand corner, label your chart with Goal 8.01