WORLD WAR I

Setting the stage for conflict

Nationalism

 What is nationalism?
 Examples in Europe:
 France wanted to regain
Alsace-Lorraine
 Multinational empires (the
Ottoman Empire and
Austria-Hungary) became
unstable
 Race for colonies
Nationalist Tensions
Imperialism

The desire to gain more land for your country.

Militarism
 Militarism: Glorification
of the military
 Countries increased the
size of their armies and
stockpiled weapons

“Our glorious gun 75 mm”

 Alliances: “I’ve got your back”

'A Chain of
Friendship' -
appeared in the
American
newspaper the
Brooklyn
Eagle in July
1914.   The
caption read:
“If Austria
attacks Serbia,
Russia will fall
upon Austria,
Germany upon
Russia, and
France and
England upon
Germany.”
Alliances
 The countries of the Triple Alliance and Triple
Entente were allies.
 An ally is a person, nation, or group joined with
another for a common purpose
 How would an alliance change a country’s actions?
 Alliances

 Triple Alliance
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Italy
 Alliances

 Triple Entente
 France
 Russia
 Great Britain
The Assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand

 June 28, 1914

 Franz Ferdinand was heir to the
throne of Austria-Hungary
 Shot by Gavrilo Princip
 Princip was Bosnian, which is in
Austria-Hungary, but he
believed Bosnia should belong
to Serbia
 What causes of the war
motivated this assassination?
Declarations of War
 In response to Franz
Ferdinand’s assassination,
Austria-Hungary declared
war on Serbia
 Watch the chain reaction
 Within a week, Central
Powers were positioned
against the Allied Powers
French citizens cheer French soldiers
as they mobilize to fight the Germans
 Photo Sources:
 1914 Maps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_World_War_I
 Gassed Soldiers:
http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/learning_modules/english/03.TU.0
1/?section=3

 WWI tank:
http://military.discovery.com/technology/vehicles/tanks/tanks-04.html
 French propaganda poster: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Militaire-
Notre_glorieux_75-ND.JPG
 Alliance Cartoon: http://www.johndclare.net/causes_WWI4.htm
 Alliance Map:
http://www.internationalschooltoulouse.net/igcsehistory/term1/ww1/causes/
alliance.htm
 Franz Ferdinand:
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/coppermine/displayimage.php?
album=14&pos=17
 French Fighters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:France_goes_to_war_1914.JPG