M.A.I.N. CAUSES OF WWI

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M.A.I.N. CAUSES OF WWI
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Whats a gang?

• Members of a group who band together to fight
  each for control of an area (turf)
• How does a gang work? How are members of gang
  supposed to feel about their gang?
• Gangs members are expected to be loyal at all
  costs.
• Control one another and others through violence.
• Gangs get together to control other gangs.

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Gangs of Europe

• In the late 1800s, the countries of Europe acted
  like street gangsthese behaviors led to the
  outbreak of war in 1914. See the M.A.I.N. causes
  of WWI to understand how they ganged up on each
  other for more power.

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M.A.I.N. Causes

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism
• Nationalism
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Militarism

• When a nations armed forces mostly control its
  foreign policy.
• This is when the military is used as a threat to
  solve all conflicts between countries.
• It also means the build-up of the military.
• Between the years of 1879-1914, France and
  Germany doubled the size of its army.
• This is the Fight me or give me what I want
  policy.

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Alliance

• Signed treaties in which each nation
• involved pledges to defend the other
• if attacked by another country.
• -Between 1879-1914 several European countries
  formed alliances with one another.
• -This is the I got your back policy.
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Imperialism

• Control by one country over the political,
• economic or cultural life of another
• country or region.
• Due to the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s,
  some European nations had a large portion of the
  world under their control.
• Germany wanted colonies in Africa, but France and
  Britain already controlled most of the continent.
  This led to competition for turf.
• This is the Bigger must be better policy.
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Nationalism

• Pride and patriotism in ones nation.
• Usually, patriotism is a good thing, but in WWI,
  nationalism became a major cause of
  international tension.
• This is the My country is better than yours is
  policy.
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Powers

• Before WWI when one country allied with another,
  their rivals formed alliances in reaction. One
  alliance led to another until they formed Powers.
• Germany Austria-Hungary form an alliance to
  protect themselves from Russia.
• Serbia allies with Russia for protection from
  Austria-Hungary and
• Russia and France form an alliance to protect
  themselves from Germany and Austria-Hungary so
• Germany and Austria-Hungary form an alliance with
  the Ottoman Empire. They become known as the
  Central Powers.
• Britain lines up with France and Russia. They
  become known as the Allied Powers.

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The Powder Keg

• On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip a Serbian,
  assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand heir to
  the Austria Hungarian Throne
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• How did this one event set off a chain reaction
  which led to World War I?