week of 10-14

Monday- Work Day

Tuesday- Work Day

Wednesday- started presentations and took notes

Causes of WWI

  1. 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

 

  1. Imperialism

    1. Many countries in Europe had colonies all over the world which led to more competition and rivalry between the rivalries

 

  1. Why did the US get involved?

    1. Germany Violated its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare

    2. Zimmerman Telegram

      1. war started in 1914 in europe and us remained neutral

      2. 1917 german foreign minister arthur zimmerman sent a telegram to mexican prime minister telling them to attack US

      3. US and Mexico were not on good terms.



  1. Alliances

    1. Allied powers- Russia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Russia, Romania, Montenegro, United States

    2. Neutral Powers- Spain, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Switzerland

    3. central powers- Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria,

  1. Militarism

    1. All major powers building up military, created conflicts when military was used to solve problems

  2. Nationalism

    1. very proud of their country....

  3. Economic competition

    1. Countries competing for natural resources, colonies, land

Militarism

Imerpialism

Nationalism

Economic Competition

System of Alliances

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