Transcript Slide 1

Title:
The MAIN Causes of WWI
Re-cap: What led to the Great War?
• The rise of nationalism increased tensions
throughout Europe
• The great European powers were in constant
competition with one another
• Rivalry among European nations stemed from the
following issues: competition for markets, territorial
disputes, and intense nationalism, (think back to
German Unification).
“MAIN” Causes
• Militarism-The policy of glorify military power and keeping
an army prepared for war.
• Alliances-Formation of the Triple Alliance and the Triple
Entente.
• Imperialism-Competition for colonies for raw materials and
markets to sell finished goods.
• Nationalism-Extreme national pride.
The “Powder Keg”
• Balkan Peninsula is the place where the initial conflict
of WWI begins.
• Due to increased and severe ethnic conflicts many of
the nations in the region sought to expand their
borders. The forces of nationalism were instrumental in
this feat.
• Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia (of
Austria) were assassinated by a Serbian nationalist.
• The next day Austria declared war on Serbia and the
nations of Europe chose sides instantaneously due to
their already established alliances.
The Alliances of Europe in 1914 Map
• Directions- Attach the map into your
notebook, label and color the nations in
respect to their alliance.
http://www.the-map-as-history.com/demos/tome06/
Analyzing Political Cartoons
Directions
(1) Organize each cartoon into one of the following
categories:
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Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
(2) Check to make sure that you have accurately
matched each cartoon with each cause.
(3) Attach each cartoon into your notebook.
(4) Write a short statement describing why the
cartoon fits into that category.
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This 1887 American
political cartoon depicts
Bismarck balancing the
figures of war and peace
on a teeter-totter made up
of a powder keg and a
board named "European
politics". At the same time,
he is juggling the great
powers of Europe. An
artillery piece lies in the
foreground
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#7
"Entente Cordiale" French Postcard displays a dancing
France and Britain.
#8
A 1908 Political cartoon from
the French Parisian Petit
Journal shows Franz Josef
grabbing Bosnia Herzogovina and an
independent Bulgaria being
torn away from Turkey.
Turkey looks on dismayed.
Parisian Petit Journal
#9
Germany: "Farewell, Madame, and if--"
France: "Ha! We shall meet again!"
#10
Spraddled -- "It looked as though the German Army
was spread over too much territory--faced too many
fronts to be effective!"
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The Accompanying Text Reads:
The Barber of Berlin
“Bizzimarck here,
Bizzimarck there,
Bizzimarck, Bizzimarck
EVERYWHERE!!”
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The Junker must go -- "England, France, Russia, Italy
and the United States recognized that the Junker
menace to the world must be thoroughly crushed
before Peace could ever return to the world."