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World War I
Causes of WWI: MANIA
Militarism – policy of building up strong military forces to prepare for war
Alliances - agreements between nations to aid and protect one another
Nationalism – pride in or devotion to one’s country Imperialism – when one country takes over another
country economically and politicallyAssassination – murder of Austrian Archduke Franz
Ferdinand
Imperialism: European
conquest of Africa
Triple Entente:Triple Entente: Triple Alliance:Triple Alliance:
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Great Britain
France
Russia
Causes of World War I - Alliances
Tension
Pan-Germanism - movement to unify the people of all German speaking countries
Austria *Belgium DenmarkIceland Germany *Liechtenstein *
Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland *United Kingdom
* = German speaking country
Germanic Countries
Causes of World War I - Nationalism
Causes of World War I - Imperialism
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie Sarajevo, Bosnia - June 28th, 1914.
Causes of World War I - Assassination
Causes of World War I - Assassination
Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed in Bosnia by a Serbian nationalist who believed that Bosnia should belong to Serbia.
Causes of World War I - Assassination
World War IWorld War I
Allied Powers:Allied Powers: Central Powers:Central Powers:Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Americans Question Neutrality
Which side to pick?
Nations 1914 1915 1916 Britain $594,271,863 $911,794,954 $1,526,685,102 France $159,818,924 $364,397,170 $628,851,988 Germany $344,794,276 $28,863,354 $288,899
US Exports to both sides!
•11 million German-Americans •Irish-Americans hated Great Britain
Central Powers: Allies:
•Close cultural ties •Shared transatlantic cables (so censored stories)•Big business loaned much $ to allies
What will it take to get the U.S. involved?
• Lusitania– torpedoed, sinking with
1200 passengers and crew (including 128 Americans)
– German U-Boat
What will it take to get the U.S. involved?
• Unlimited Submarine Warfare
– 1917 Germany announced “unlimited submarine warfare” in the war zone
What will it take to get the U.S. involved?
• Zimmerman Telegram– Intercepted from
Germany to Mexico– Promised Texas, Arizona,
and New Mexico back in return for an alliance
What did it take to get the US involved?
•Zimmerman Note + the sinking of 4 unarmed American ships led to a declaration of war
