Causes of WWI

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Causes of WWI
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M.A.I.N.

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism
• Nationalism

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Militarism

• Definition Armed Strength Glory!
• Leaders believed that a country got what it
  wanted through military strength.
• Large standing armies of drafted men
• Arms Race
• If one country mobilized (got its troops ready
  for combat), other countries would do the same
  for their own protection

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Alliances

• Definition Agreements by countries that pledge
  to support each other.
• During the 1800s, the unifications of Germany and
  Italy (from other empires and city-states) gave
  them more power than the rest of Europes
  countries.

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Alliance System in Europe

• The Creation of Germany
• Triple Alliance - Austria-Hungary,
• Germany, and the Ottoman Empire

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Alliance System in Europe

• Militarism The Naval Race
• 1898-Germans begin to build navy and challenge
  Great Britains dominance
• Tensions begin to build Britain, France, and
  Russia enter entente cordiale aka Triple
  Entente

WWI battleship
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Alliance Systems in Europe
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Imperialism

• Definition The domination of a stronger country
  over a weaker country in every aspect socially,
  economically and politically.
• Industrialization forced countries to need other
  markets to supply raw materials and to buy their
  goods.

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Nationalism

• Definition A sense of pride and loyalty to
  ones nation (sometimes the same as ones
  country but not always).
• Can be a problem when one government rules over
  many nationalities.
• Germany wanted their place in the sun
• Pan-Slavism the movement to unite different
  Slavic people under one government

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The Spark

• Serbian nationalist group, The Black Hand was
  trained and stocked by Serbian govt
• Assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to
  Austria Hungary throne) and his wife while on a
  trip to Bosnia
• Serbian govt denies involvement
• Austria Hungary issues a list of demands that
  Serbia refuses to agree to and declares war

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Falling Dominos

• On July 28th, Austria declared war on Serbia.
• Russia moves troops to protect Serbia along the
  Austria Hungary and German border
• Germany declares war on Russia and France
• Germany enters Belgium to attack France Britain
  is Belgiums ally and therefore declares war on
  Germany

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Allied and Central Powers
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Allies -France, Russia, and Great Britain
-Italy joins in 1915
Central Powers -Germany, Austria- Hungary,
Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria