WWI CAUSES OF WWI?

Bell Ringer: Pick up your study guide from your blue tub. Write across the top: Due Thursday 10/15 Also take out your banner notes from yesterday! ON a sheet of paper and answer the following question: 1) Why did we go outside to demonstrate the causes of WWI? 2) What did you learn?

Causes of World War "The Great War was without precedent... never had so many nations taken up arms at a single time. Never had the battlefield been so vast…never had the fighting been so gruesome..."

The events that followed… Because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June of 1914 by a member of a nationalistic secret Serbian society, the emperor of Austria-Hungary declared war of Serbia. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

The events that followed… Russia sent troops to defend Serbia because Russia had a separate treaty with Serbia. Russia supported Serbia because they were both of a similar ethnic backgrounds. Russia sent troops to defend Serbia Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

The events that followed… Since Germany had a treaty with Austria- Hungary (the Triple Alliance), Germany declared war on Russia. What is the triple alliance? Germany declared war on Russia Russia sent troops to defend Serbia Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

Distributed Summarizing WITH A SEAT PARTNER, DISCUSS A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN AN ALLIANCE (WITH A FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER, OR SOMEONE ELSE) HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS.

The events that followed… France had a treaty with Russia (the Triple Entente) so Germany declared war against France. Germany declared war on France Germany declared war on Russia Russia sent troops to defend Serbia Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

The events that followed… And so the war begins! Germany declared war on France Germany declared war on Russia Russia sent troops to defend Serbia Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia

Things changed during the war The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente turned into these two WWI alliances. The Central powers Austria-Hungary Germany Turkey (Ottoman Empire) The Allied Powers Russia France United Kingdom Italy United States The Triple Entente plus more formed the Allied Powers The Triple Alliance plus more formed the Central Powers

Statistics from WWI NationTotal Number of servicemen in the war. Number of deaths Number of soldiers wounded Number of men taken prisoner or reported missing Austria7,800,0001,200,0003,620,0002,200,000 Britain8,904,467908,3712,090,212191,652 France8,410,0001,357,8004,266,000537,000 Germany11,000,00017,737,0004,216,0581,152,800 Italy5,615,000650,000947,000600,000 Russia12,000,0001,700,0004,950,0002,500,000 Turkey2,850,000325,000400,000250,000 U.S.4,355,000126,000234,3004,500

Some of the Technological Advances from WWI  Tank  Aircraft  Machine Gun  Gas used as a weapon  Flamethrower

Summarizing COULD WORLD WAR I HAVE BEEN PREVENTED? WHY OR WHY NOT?

Part II Objectives: Write down today’s objectives on a piece of notebook paper!  Why was WWI called the War to end all Wars?  What were some of the technical advancements during WWI?  What are the effects of WWI on the physical, cultural, and geographical components of Europe?  Brainpop WWI Brainpop WWI

Objective: To examine the causes of America’s involvement in World War I.

· However, we traded food, weapons, oil, steel, and other goods far more with the Allied Powers than with the Central Powers. American Neutrality · Officially, the U.S. was a neutral country.

· Both the Allied Powers and Central powers used propaganda in order to support their cause by making their enemies seem savage. propaganda

· However, Britain and Germany set up blockades around the British and German coasts. Freedom of the Seas · The U.S., as a neutral nation, claimed the right to trade with either side in the war.

· German submarines, called U-boats, torpedoed enemy ships and neutral ships trading with the enemy.U-boats

A German U-boat Torpedoes a Steamer, circa 1916

· In 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the Lusitania, a British passenger ship, killing approximately 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.Lusitania

· Americans were infuriated with the destruction of the Lusitania.

– secret message from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the U.S. if the U.S. declared war on Germany Moving Toward War Zimmermann telegram: – Germany promised to help Mexico regain land it lost to the U.S. in the Mexican War. * The U.S. declared war on the Central Powers in 1917.

(above) Zimmermann Telegram as Received by the German Ambassador to Mexico, 01/19/1917 (right) decoded words

Zimmermann Telegram: Decoded Message