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Title: Causes of the War


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Causes of the War
  • Four main causes
  • Nationalism
  • Imperialism
  • Militarism
  • Creation of Alliances
  • Assassination

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Nationalism
  • Absolute devotion to the well being of ones home
    nation
  • Leads to competition and rivalries between
    nations
  • Ethnic groups long for independence
  • Turn to large nation states for protection
  • Russians agree to protect Slavic peoples
    including the Serbs

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  • Serbs live under the rule of Austria-Hungary
  • Tension btwn Russia and Austria-Hungary grows
    over Serbian independence
  • (Reference map)
  • http//www.marshmellow.net/deutschland/maps/Europe
    _1913.jpg

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Imperialism
  • Used by nations of Europe to extend control
    across the globe
  • Increases economic profit
  • Supplier of raw materials and new markets
  • With German industrialization, Germany competes
    with France and Britain for global colonial
    conquest

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Militarism
  • MilitarismDevelopment of armed forces to be used
    diplomatically
  • Imperial competition leads to military growth
  • 1890 Germany has
  • the largest army from
  • expansion

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  • Militarism (cont.)
  • 1897 Germany focuses on competition with Britain
    for naval dominance
  • Who will control the shipping lanes?
  • Other global powers enter the naval arms race

Why are the shipping lanes important?
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Creation of Alliances
  • The Triple Entente (Allies)
  • France, Britain, and Russia
  • The Triple Alliance
  • Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
  • Italy will leave the Alliance, creating
  • Central Powers
  • Germany Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
  • Alliances ensure security via a balance of power.
    But also set the stage for global war

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Assassination
  • The Balkan Powder Keg
  • European powers have an interest in the Balkan
    Peninsula
  • Russia wants the Med. Sea
  • Germany wants a railway to Ottoman Empire
  • Austria-Hungary wants more control of Bosnia

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  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand visits Bosnian capital
  • Shot dead by Serbian nationalist
  • Member of the Black Hand, promote Serbian
    nationalism
  • Austria declares war on
  • Serbia
  • Russia comes to Serbias
  • aid
  • Germany declares war on
  • Russia and their ally France
  • Britain declares war on Germany
  • and Austria-Hungary
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