Warm Up – April 12 Answer the following questions on post it: How did the Industrial Revolution lead to imperialism? How could imperialism lead to competition between European countries? What is nationalism? How could nationalism lead to European countries competing with one another? What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference? If countries increase the size of their military and increase the amount of their weapons – what will they eventually want to do?

Unit 9: World War I Causes of World War I

Four M-A-I-N Causes of World War I Answer the following questions on the same post – it as the warm up: 1. What are the four major causes of World War I? 2. What cultural belief did the idea of militarism create? 3. What branch of the military did Germany look to expand? Which country had the strongest branch of this military? 4. What was the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente? 5. The imperialism and industrialization of which two countries caused resentment in Germany? 6. How can nationalism be connected to militarism? 7. What “spark” ignited World War I?

THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I M – A – I- N -

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I M – Militarism A – Alliances I – Imperialism N - Nationalism

General Causes Militarism –building up, glorifying military Countries wanted to prove their military was best Germany wants the world’s best navy; this threatened Britain, which had the best, led to arms race

General Causes Alliance System – promise to help each other in war If two nations fought, all of Europe would fight Alliances before WWI: Germany & Austria-Hungary France, Britain, Russia & Serbia

General Causes Imperialism –taking over places, making them colonies France & Britain colonized most of the world Germany tried to gain colonies, which threatened France & Britain

General Causes Nationalism – Pride in one’s country European countries believed that building an empire equaled greatness This led many nations to expand and try to control as much land as possible

Specific Cause Austria-Hungary empire ruled central Europe That area contained an ethnic group called Slavs Serbia wanted parts of Austria-Hungary with lots of Slavs to break away & become part of Serbia Slavic Nationalism

Specific Cause Austria-Hungary takes over Bosnia Serbia had wanted Bosnia to join with them Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary’s throne, goes on a parade through Bosnia

Specific Cause During the parade, he was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

Specific Cause Germany also declares war on Serbia Germany & Austria-Hungary think Russia will help Serbia, so they declare war on Russia Germany thinks France will help Russia, so they launch the Schlieffen Plan

Schlieffen Plan German plan to quickly defeat France, then focus on Russia Plan fails, leads to stalemate & trench warfare on Western Front

Schlieffen Plan Germany goes through Belgium on the way to France Belgium tries to stop them, so Germany attacks Great Britain, Belgium’s ally, declares war on Germany

World War I The Central Powers – Germany, Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire The Allied Powers – Serbia, Russia, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, and eventually the United States

Fighting on Two Fronts Fighting on two fronts: Western front: France/Germany border Eastern Front: Russia/Germany border

Trench Warfare Kind of combat on the Western Front Huge number of deaths, long stalemates (very little movement) Defense was best strategy; wait out your opponent Conditions in trenches were terrible – cold, wet, unsanitary – leads to diseases and infections (ex. Trench foot) Land in between the trenches was called “No Man’s Land”

Christmas Day Truce of 1914

New Weapons Machine guns Poison Gas Aircraft Tanks Weapons that could kill more people, faster

TOD – April 12 Answer the following questions on the same post it as the reading questions. 1. Describe the four main causes of World War I 2. What was Germany’s Schlieffen Plan? 3. What two fronts was the war fought on? 4. What is the best strategy when using trench warfare? What were conditions like in the trench? 5. Describe the new weapons introduced during World War I? What effects did these new weapons have?