Transcript Beginning of World War I

Plan for this week
• This week is the last week before Expeditions
• After Expeditions we will be learning about the
1920s and prepping for our last DBQ
• Goals for this week:
• Learn about WWI and pass the “The
Emergence of America as a World Power
(APUSH 18A-18E)” Content Assessment
• Catch up on missing projects and playlists
• Work on APUSH test prep
Beginning of
World War I
APUSH DAY 67 / February 24, 2014
Introductory Video
• http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-ihistory/videos/causes-of-world-war-i#causes-of-world-war-i
Video Questions
As you watch the video, answer these questions
1. What event sparked World War I?
2. What caused “friction” amongst European
countries prior to the war?
Causes of World War I
Causes of World War I
•MILITARISM
•ALLIANCES
•IMPERIALISM
•NATIONALISM
M for Militarism
• Militarism: Policy of glorifying military power and
keeping an army mobilized (or ready for battle)
• The build-up of military arms in times of peace
• Many countries were engaged in militarism at the
time of WWI
Militarism
Money Spent on Military
(in millions of dollars)
1880 1914
• Germany
• France
• Russia
1.3m
.73m
.40m
5.0m
4.0m
1.2m
A for Alliances
• Alliances: A close association of nations
that is formed to support the interest of
those nations
• Allied Powers (aka, “Triple Entente”): Russia,
England, France
• Allies: England, France, Russia, Serbia, Italy
• Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
• Central Powers: Germany, Austria- Hungary, Ottoman
Empire
Alliances
• Alliances turned a small crisis between
two countries into a global conflict
I for Imperialism
• Imperialism: The control
or domination of one
country over another.
• European nations were
competing for land
around the world.
• Each country wanted to
prove that it was the
strongest.
N for Nationalism
• Nationalism: A deep devotion to one’s nation;
national pride.
• Ultra-nationalism: intense national pride.
Countrymen thought they were better than
other countries.
• Nations wanted to assert their
power and independence.
Assassination of Franz
Ferdinand (June 28, 1914)
• Archduke of AustroHungarian Empire was
killed by a Serbian
nationalist
• “Domino effect”
• Germany declares war
on Russia and France
• Great Britain declares
war on Germany,
Russia, and AustrianHungry empire
American “Neutrality”
• Some American sympathized with the German cause,
many more favored Great Britain
• Britain imposed a naval blockage on Germany, America
stopped trading with Germany
• U.S. needed to continue trade with the “Allies” more so
than the “Central Powers” (and benefited greatly from it)
Entering the War
• Germany engages in submarine warfare
• May 7, 1915 a German ship sinks the British “Lusitania” and 128
American passengers are killed
• This event outraged Americans
• Later reports reveal that:
• The Lusitania was carrying contraband, which meant to could legally be
sunk
• Germans sunk passenger ships before
• The Germans had placed advertisements in the American newspapers
warning Americans not to travel on the Lusitania
Entering the War
• Zimmerman Telegram
• British intercepted a telegram from Germany
foreign minister Arthur Zimmerman to government
of Mexico
• Telegram told Mexico that if the U.S. entered,
Mexico should take Germany’s side and regain
their “lost land”
• Revolution in Russia
• Czar is de-throned in Russia
• In joining the war, America would no longer be
associated with monarchy
Work time options
Priority #1: Review your notes from today, make sure
you can answer the review questions (below)
Priority #2: Complete any missing APUSH essays
Priority #3: Catch up on APUSH Content Assessments
Priority #4: Work on APUSH test prep (“APUSH Test
Takers” playlist)
Review Questions
• What were the causes of WWI?
• Why did the U.S. take the side of the Allies?
• What events led to the U.S. entered the war?