1. The Great War
Chapter 29

2. Militarism
Imperialism
Racism
Alliances
Nationalism
MIRAN

3. Militarism Keeping a large standing army prepared for war
Read primary source pg 842
Militarism

4. Forced Bismark to resign, military leader of Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm II

5. Imperialism The fight for Africa and Asia
Brought on by the Industrial Revolution and the need for goods
Imperialism

6. Racism The “powder keg” of Europe
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand – Austro-Hungarian
Gavrilo Princip and the Serbian Black Hand
Story
Racism

7. Alliances Otto von Bismark wanted Germany to become a power
Saw France as a threat – wanted to isolate
Austria-Hungry and Italy to form the Triple Alliance – Central Powers
Alliances

8. Alliances Tension between the new Kaiser Wilhelm II and Russia
Russia forms alliances with France and Great Britain later joins – Triple Entente – Allies
Alliances

9. Bosnia, Serbia, and many other ethnic populations wanted self rule from Austria-Hungry
Video – WWI How Did It Start?
Nationalism

10. Serbia agrees to Austria’s demands from the assassination, but Austria still declares war
Russia helps Serbia, Germany declares war on Russia and France to help Austria
France, Great Britain, and Russia declare war on Germany and Austria
WAR

11. Northern region of France
The Schlieffen Plan – Quickly defeat France on the Western Front, then rush over to Russia
Western Front

12. Eastern Front German and Russian border - Cold
Russia struggle because of failure to become industrialized
Why can Russia retreat so much?
Eastern Front

13. Trench Warfare

14. Gallipoli Video on Trench Warfare
Allies wanted to take Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire to secure a supply line to Russia
Gallipoli

15. Wanted to help Britain in hopes for independence. Peaceful help
Mohandas Gandhi

16. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
German U-boats would sink any ship around Britain without warning
Lusitania – sunk by German U-boat, killing 128 Americans
German U-boats sunk two more ships, then stopped USW
Reinstated USW and pulled America into the war, along with…
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

17. The Zimmerman Telegram

18. Total War
Rationing
Propaganda
Women
The War at Home

20. Revolution in Russia (Lenin) takes Russia out of the war – Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
American troops in the Western Front counter the German momentum
Armistice

21. Results of WWI 8 million dead, 21 million wounded
Destroying farmland and towns
Society became unsettled
The peace agreement…
Results of WWI

22. Peace Talks Woodrow Wilson – American President and diplomat
Georges Clemenceau – French President and diplomat
GB, Italy, USA, France = Big Four
Different views
Why didn’t Russia negotiate peace talks?
Peace Talks

23. Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Plan for lasting peace
Read on page 858
Self-determination
How might self-determination in the Balkans prevented WWI?
Wilson’s Fourteen Points

24. Treaty of Versailles France and GB don’t like the Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles basically between the Germans and Allies , five years to the day after Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, June
Punished Germany for losses – “war guilt” clause
Graph on page 861
Treaty of Versailles

25. Wilson’s fourteenth point was an international association to keep world peace.
Basically ran by the Allies
League of Nations

26. Multiple Treaties The USA did not sign the Treaty of Versailles.
Signed a separate treaties with Germany and other Central Power countries
Germany and Russia lost lands
New nations created in the Balkans
Multiple Treaties