Transcript Historians generally cite four long

1st World War in history
•Great War or War to End all
Wars
•Not called WWI until after
WWII
•Total war
•Involved 60 nations and 6
continents
Historians generally cite four long-term
causes of the WWI:
Militarism
Alliance System
Imperialism
Nationalism
Militarism
Def:
a policy of maintaining a strong
military organization in aggressive
preparedness for war
•Major powers in Europe were
stockpiling military arms.
•Competition for trade led to a
naval arms race and nations
hurried to add battleships to
their fleet.
Alliances
•European nations began
forming military alliances
with one another to
maintain a balance of
power ……..
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Britain
Germany
France
allianc
es
AustrianHungarian Empire
Russia
By 1914 two major alliances
had formed
Italy
Alliances During WWI
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Germany
Britain
France
Austria- Hunga
Russia
Italy
Ottoman
Empire
(Turkey)
•Austrian-Hungarian
Empire controlled
several ethic groups.
Saravejo
•Serbian nationalists
wanted to untie Serbs
who lived in the
Austrian-Hungarian
Empire with Serbia.
•This led to the
assassination of the
Archduke Franz
Ferdinand.
alliances1
1.
June 28
Assassination at
Sarajevo
2.
July 28
Austria-Hungary
declared war on
Serbia
3.
July 30
Russia began
mobilization
4.
August 1
Germany
declared war on
Russia
alliances1
5.
August 3
Germany
declared war on
France
6.
August 3
Great Britain
declared war on
Germany
7.
August 6
Russia and
Austria/Hungary
at war.
8.
August 12
Great Britain
declared war on
Austria/Hungary
alliances2
Imperialism
•France, Great Britain, Germany and
Russia were establishing colonies in
Africa and the Middle East, France
and Germany were fighting over
Morocco.
•Def: economic and political control
over other countries……
•these countries were in competition
for colonies, this led to tension and
fighting
CartoonEuropean grab
bag
Nationalism
•Countries proud of their
heritage and culture
•Similar to patriotism
•Ethnic groups of similar
heritage wanted to free their
oppressed brethren and unite
their people into one country
•They wanted freedom and the
right self-determination, to set
up their own freely elected
government.
Franz Ferdinand’s funeral
procession
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
and his family. Archduke
was heir to the throne in
Garvillo Princip, a Serbian
the Austrian Hungarian
nationalist assassinated the
Empire. His assassination
Archduke. He was trying to gain June 28, 1914 eventually
allowances for his fellow Serbs
led to WWI.
franz
who lived under Austrian rule.