Causes of the War

Lots of Instability

Militarism, belief in the need of a military, also causes instability…Why?

Alliance System - system that promotes the idea of becoming friendly with other nations

Imperialism – Making Colonies

Nationalism this is someone’s loyalty and devotion to a nation

Alliances

-Led to an ___________

-_________________

(Central Powers)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

-_________________

(Allies)

France, Britain, Russia

Arm’s Race

Triple Alliance

Triple Entente

Leaders of World War I

Austria-Hungary

Franz-FerdinandEmperor Franz Josef I

Germany

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Turkey

Abdul Hamid II

England

King George V

Russia

Tsar Nicholas II

Vladmir Lenin

FranceRaymond Poincare

Strategy-War starts with …

-Alliances cause chain reaction to A-H’s attack on Serbia

-War develops leading to use of this type of warfare…

-Germany wants to defeat Russia first

-Allies want to force fighting on two fronts and get help from U.S.

Assassination of the Archduke – Franz Ferdinand

Trench Warfare

Strategy• Germany wants to attack who first?

• Allies want to fight on two fronts

• Why would you do this??

• Allies would also like to have help from ??

Russia

United States

U.S. Neutrality

-U.S. declares neutrality in the war,

Why sympathize with the Allies?

-Export war materials to both sides, but British impose a blockade

-Contraband/prohibited materials redefined to include food, Why?

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U.S. NeutralityWhat happened to exports with

Germany(Central Powers)? Britain (Allies)?

-Wilson wins 1916 election on slogan _________________“He kept us out of War”

Stalemate

-War quickly reaches a stalemate

-____________ new type of warfare where troops dug themselves in and relied on rifles and rapid fire machine-guns

__________ the space between the opposing trenches

Trench Warfare

No Mans Land

New Warfare

New technology

submarines – fighting at sea

airplanes – fighting from above

Other weapons

Mustard Gas or other Gases

U.S. Enters War

-U.S. continues to export war materials, especially to the allies

-German u-boats sink any ships they find

Lusitania sinks, 1915

U.S. Enters War

_____________ Pledge U.S. received from Germany after the sinking of a Passenger ship, the Sussex, injuring Americans

-Wilson wins 1916 election

calls for peace

-______________ Germany’s attempt to get Mexico involved in war against the U.S., Mexico could regain land in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona

Zimmerman Telegram

Sussex Pledge