1. Steps to War
World War I

2. Why do we fight wars?

3. Franz Ferdinand Archduke, heir to Austro Hungarian throne
Visits town of Sarajevo with his wife

4. Austro-Hungarian Empire

5. Gavrilo Princip & The Black Hand
19-year old Yugoslav Nationalist
Black Hand- Military Group
Goal: to create a FREE state of Yugoslavia
Method: killing members of Royal Family

6. June 28, 1914 Ferdinand & Wife are touring city by car
Assassination Attempt #1
Bomb thrown at car, explodes on the hood
No one hurt, tour continues
Assassination Attempt #2
Princip steps onto car & fires 2 shot
Ferdinand hit in throat
his wife hit in Stomach

8. The Aftermath Archduke & Duchess both die
Princip swallows poison, but doesn’t die
5 members of Black Hand arrested
Code used to inform Black Hand:
“Excellent sale of both horses”
How does this lead to the start of WWI
How could this impact Canada?

9. Causes of WWI
NATIONALISM
ALLIANCES
IMPERIALISM
MILITARISM

10. NATIONALISM Loyalty to your homeland Willing to kill or go to war
Potentially lead to racism

11. Alliances Germany and France involved in multiple conflicts
Both start looking for support in the event of a future war
Triple Entente- “Allies”
France
Britain
Russia
Triple Alliance- “Central Powers”
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy

12. Alliances 2 Major Problems:
1) increases suspicion and fear between countries
2) increases the size of conflicts

13. Alliances

14. Imperialism Countries expanding their economy
Control of Colonies = More Resources
Raw Materials, New Markets, and Power
France, Great Britain, and the USA all had colonies
Germany did not
Countries began to fight over control

15. Imperialism

16. Militarism Power = Large Armies and Navies Peace = Preparing for War
If you are strong, no one will attack you
Arms Race: Countries wanted to make bigger armies and more deadly weapons
Example- Germany expanded their Navy
Direct threat to Great Britain's Naval Power

17. Causes of WWI NATIONALISM ALLIANCES IMPERIALISM MILITARISM
Fight for your Country
ALLIANCES
Increase suspicion & size of the conflict
IMPERIALISM
Conflict over expanding economic control
MILITARISM
Growth of Military Power

18. The Final Steps to War “The Final Steps to War”- Page 69
Create a Numbered Sequence of Events that eventually lead to the start of WWI

19. Example Start With: Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Include: A-H vs Serbia (blame, demands & answer), Allies and Mobilization, significance of Belgium
End With:
The start of World War 1

20. The Final Steps to War 1) Assassination of Ferdinand
2) A-H Blames Serbia
3) A-H Makes 3 Demands- Ultimatum
4) Serbia agrees to only 2
5) A-H declares WAR on Serbia
6) Russia mobilizes armies to help Serbia

21. The Final Steps to War 7) France, Russian ally, also mobilizes armies
8) Germany feels threatened, orders France & Russia to stop
9) They refuse
10) Germany declares war on both countries

22. The Final Steps to War
11) Germany plans to attack France through Belgium
12) Belgium is Neutral
13) Great Britain has agreed to protect Belgium
14) Germany Invades Belgium
15) Great Britain declares war on Germany

23. The Final Steps to War
16) World War 1 has begun