Transcript Marching Toward War - Scott Latchem's World History

By the end of this ppt
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1-Identify the 6 Great European Countries
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Years of Peace in Europe before WWI
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Three –isms that helped lead to WWI
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The 3 Members of the Triple Alliance
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The 3 Members of the Triple Entente
Marching Toward War
Background
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What was created in the Congress of Vienna?
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Which was?
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Series of alliances to help establish a long lasting peace
What was the reason of expanding to new markets and new resources?
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Concert of Europe
Industrial Revolution
The quest for new markets and new resources led to the taking over of other
countries, which is call this ‘-ism?
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Imperialism
Setting The Stage
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Turn of the 20th Cenutry
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European Nations largely at peace (30 years)
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Franco-Prussian War
Wanted to outlaw war
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Create permanent peace
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100s of Peace Organizations
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Peace congresses regularly met between 1843-1907
Rising Tensions
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Peace and Harmony wouldn’t last
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Darker Forces at play
Rise
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in Nationalism
Deep devotion of one’s country,
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unifying force
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Each seeking power over one another
Europe’s Great Powers
 Austria-Hungary,
Italy, Russia
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Competition: For what?
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Materials and Markets
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Territorial Disputes
France, Germany, Great Britain,
Imperialism and Militarism
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Colonies where?
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Rivalries and mistrust
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Asia and Africa
France vs. Germany for Alsace-Lorraine
Austria-Hungary vs. Russia in dominating the Balkans
Arms race-why?
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Truly great=powerful
1914 all except Great Britain had standing armies
Able to quickly add, mobilize and organize troops
Glorifying Military Power, keeping army prepped for war=Militarism
Tangled Alliances
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Several alliances amongst the great powers
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Dual Alliance-Germany and Austria-Hungary
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Triple Alliance-Italy joins in 1882
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German treaty with Russia dissolves
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Russia forms alliance with France
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Triple Entente-Great Britain joins in 1907
Triple Alliance(1882) vs. Triple Entente (1907)
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Austria-Hungary
•Great Britain
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Germany
•France
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Italy
•Russia
Marching Toward War #1 Quiz
1.
How many years of peace occurred in Europe before WWI broke out?
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Sense of pride in one’s country is called?
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Taking over of one country over another is called?
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What is glorifying military power called?
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How many great European powers were there?
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Members of the Triple Alliance?
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Members of the Triple Entente?