Week 10-14

[5Sophie]

WWI project
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gone due to the volleyball game
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WWI presentation
- Causes of WWI :
Assassination of archduke : Franz Ferdinand killed by a serbian nationalist
The black hand organization : wanted to expand serbia
Alliances before the war:
the war started when Austria-Hungary declared war to Serbia. Russia got involved to defend serbia. Germany declared war to Russia. France was drawn against Germany and A-H. Germany attacked belgium bringing britain and japan to war.
(chain reaction)
Imperialism: one of the causes of war.
colonies over the world: competition and rivalry
imperialistic war
Why did us get involved: germany violated its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare. us ships were being sunk in europe (there were us citizens on these ships)
Zimmerman telegram : german foreign minister asked mexico to join the war
central power: turkey, germany, bulgaria, austria hungary
ally power: france, britain, belgium, russia
economic competition, nationalism, imperialism, militarism, allicances