Today we review what we discussed yesterday and then went back into more blog discussions.
- Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism, Economic Competition and System of Alliances were underlying causes of the war
- Economic competition was when countries competed for money, power, resources, and colonies
- System of Alliances were countries who basically became "friends" with one another and agreed to help eachother when it came down to war
- This usually meant that they were afraid of other countries and felt that they needed protection
- The central powers (countries located in the middle of Europe) were Germany, Bolgaria, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottomon Empire (Turkey)
- Germany was the dominant powerhouse
- The allied powers were Great Britain, France, Italy, and Russia until 1917, Serbia and the United States since 1917, Ireland, Romania, Portugal and a few others
- Great Britain was the biggest power of these countries
- The United States didn't join in until the war was half over
- The Balkan Peninsula was nicknamed "the Powerkeg" because if something was said, it would easily be ignited and start a war
Serbia wanted to make the Serbians living in Austria-Hungary, part of "Greater Serbia" Franz Ferdinand was going to be the next king of Austria-Hungary. He and his wife were on their way to City Hall at Serejevo when someone threw a bomb at his car. The bomb bounced off and landed underneath the car behind them and blew up, injuring people but not killing the archduke it was aimed for. The Black Hand was a secret Serbian organization that wanted Ferdinand dead. Eventually, the group succeeded in assassinating him when Gavrilo Princip killed him.
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