Monday- Work Day
Tuesday- Work Day
Wednesday- started presentations and took notes
Causes of WWI
assasination of arch duke ferdinand
Franz ferdinand was heir to the austria hungary empire
was killed by a serbian nationalist
Gavrilo Princip
all of conspirators were sentenced to death or 20 years in prison
leading cause
Black hand organization
black hand organization sent people to sarajevo to kill arch duke F
austria hungary area called powder keg
2. Alliances before the war
war started when austria hungary declared war on serbia
russia involved to help serbia
germany declared war on Russia
France was drawn in against Germany and Austria Hungary
Germany attacked France through Belgium bring Britain and Japan into the war.
“domino affect” one after another got involved in the war
Imperialism
Many countries in Europe had colonies all over the world which led to more competition and rivalry between the rivalries
Why did the US get involved?
Germany Violated its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare
Zimmerman Telegram
war started in 1914 in europe and us remained neutral
1917 german foreign minister arthur zimmerman sent a telegram to mexican prime minister telling them to attack US
US and Mexico were not on good terms.
Alliances
Allied powers- Russia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Russia, Romania, Montenegro, United States
Neutral Powers- Spain, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Switzerland
central powers- Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria,
Militarism
All major powers building up military, created conflicts when military was used to solve problems
Nationalism
very proud of their country....
Economic competition
Countries competing for natural resources, colonies, land
Militarism
Imerpialism
Nationalism
Economic Competition
System of Alliances
Thursday and Friday- NO SCHOOL
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