1. 9-11 Causes of…

2. Serbia
Germany
Russia
England
Austria-Hungry
France
Which of the four (4) causes of the Great War is being displayed in this political cartoon? What do the colors of the National Names above the bubbles refer to?
1&2) Warm up

3. The Outbreak of World War I
The outbreak of WWI in 1914 was a test for America’s new foreign policy
The USA was now an imperial superpower after the Spanish-American War
The U.S. built the Panama Canal, used the Roosevelt Corollary to control Latin America, & created the Open Door Policy in China
But, the USA maintained a policy of neutrality in European affairs
3) Define

4. What caused World War I?
MILITARISM
ALLIANCES
IMPERIALISM
NATIONALISM

5. Militarism
Britain, France, Germany developed modern armies & navies, leading to an arms race in Europe
4) Define
German battleship, Kaiser
By the 20th century, European powers began to glorify war as a means to accomplish their goals

6. Alliances & Imperialism
Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Italy made up the Triple Alliance
England, France, & Russia made up the Triple Entente
IMPERIALISM: European nations took colonies, competition for colonies led to rivalries
Increasing militarism led nations to form powerful alliances in case of war
Alliances & Imperialism

7. Pre-War Alliance Network

8. Feelings of nationalism led strong countries to want to gain more power & led many weaker nations to want to re-define their boundaries
Nationalism was strong in the Balkans, where Serbia hoped to unite with Austrian Slavs
In 1914, Serbian terrorists assassinated Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Nationalism

9. The assassination sparked World War I
The Eastern Front
The Western Front
The Allied Powers
The Central Powers

10. The Great War quickly became the 1st “World War”??
5) Who vs Who?

11. But by 1917, the USA entered WWI as an Allied Power… WHY?
American Neutrality
When World War I began in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared U.S. neutrality
But by 1917, the USA entered WWI as an Allied Power… WHY? 10

12. Document A-1
6) What is this saying?

13. Document A-2
7) Infer…

14. U.S. Losses to German Submarine Warfare, 1916-1918
Document B
U.S. Losses to German Submarine Warfare,

15. Document C U.S. War Loans 1914—1917:
To the Allied Powers: $2.25 billion
To the Central Powers: $27 million
8) Analyze!

16. Intercepted telegram from Germany to Mexico, 1917
Document D
9) Huh?
Intercepted telegram from Germany to Mexico, 1917

17. 10) Why publish this story?
Document E
The German officer knocked at the door… The officer ordered the soldiers to break down the door, which two of them did. The peasant came and asked what they were doing. His hands were tied behind his back, and he was shot at once without a moment’s delay. The wife came out with a little sucking child. One of the Germans took a rifle and struck her a tremendous blow with the butt on the head. Another took his bayonet and fixed it and thrust it through the child. He then put his rifle on his shoulder with the child up on it, its little arms stretched out once or twice. The officers ordered the house to be set on fire…The man, his wife and child were thrown on top.
(James Bryce, head of the Committee on Alleged German Atrocities as reported to British Parliament, 1915)
10) Why publish this story?

18. (President Wilson, April, 1917)
Document F
We shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts,—for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free…The world must be made safe for democracy.
(President Wilson, April, 1917)
11) What is this?

19. Document G
12) Infer!
In Nov 1917, Vladimir Lenin & the Bolsheviks successfully overthrew the Russian gov’t & established the Soviet Union, the 1st communist nation

20. Americans were killed when the Lusitania, Sussex, & Arabic sank
America Enters the War
Americans were killed when the Lusitania, Sussex, & Arabic sank
By 1917, the USA entered WWI as an Allied Power because:
German unrestricted submarine warfare violated U.S. free trade
Germany’s Zimmerman Telegram offered to return the Mexican Cession if Mexico invaded the USA
President Wilson hoped to stop the Central Powers & make the world “safe for democracy”
The USA declared war in April 1917 10

21. World War I in Color: Slaughter in the Trenches (47:18)

22. What were the four causes of World War I?
EQ’s:
What were the four causes of World War I?
Despite their wish, why was the United States unable to remain neutral in this conflict?
Answer 13&14