wwi 1914-1918. i. the causes of wwi 1.nationalism -balkans 2. imperialism 3. militarism 4. alliance...
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WWI1914-1918
I. The causes of WWI
1. Nationalism
-Balkans
2. Imperialism
3. Militarism
4. Alliance Structure
A. Triple Alliance
B. Triple Entente
A. The spark
1. Serbia & the Balkans
-The Black Hand
2. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
-Too Nice?
3. Sarajevo, Bosnia June 28,1914
-Gavrilo Princip
4. Austria-Hungary's Reaction
-Wait
-Check on German Alliance
B. The chain reaction 1. July 28 Austria-Hungary
declares war on Serbia
2. Russia starts mobilizing- Germany asks them to stop
3. Germany declares war on Russia
4. Germany declares war on France- a main ally of Russia
5. August 3 Germany, following von Schlieffen Plan, invades
Belgium
6. Britain declares war on Germany
Who was to Blame
for WWI?
Germany- Felt it must
stand behind its ally, Austria
Hungary
Russia Supported
Slavic people & feared
Austria-Hungary
wanted to rule Slavic
People
France- Backed Russia. Felt it needed
Russian support to defeat Germany
Austria-Hungary:
Blamed Serbia for terrorism.
Wanted to crush Serbian Nationalism.
Britain: Felt a duty to
protect Belgium. Feared a powerful Germany
across the English
Channel.
II. Early War of Movement 1914
1. Von Schlieffen Plan
2. Success/Failure of Plan
3. Battle of Tannenberg
4. Battle of the Marne
5. Race to the Sea
III. Trench Warfare 1914-1918
1. Stalemate
2. Trench Life
3. Conditions
4. Violent Battles
5. Little Gains
6. No Man’s Land
7. Death at every turn
IV. The War at sea
1. Few Naval battles
2. British Blockade
3. U-Boats
4. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
5. Lusitania
V. The Eastern front 1914-1917
1. Germany/Austria-Hungary v Russia
2. Large Battles- a lot of movement
3. Czar Nicholas II
4. Lenin & Communist Revolution
5. US Intervention
VII. Turning point: US Declares War 1917
1. U-Boats
2. Zimmermann Telegram
3. Saboteurs
4. Anti-German Press
5. Allied War Debt
6. Woodrow Wilson
7. April 6, 1917
8. Opposition to War
VI. Total war: Life on the Home front
1. Total War
2. The Draft
3. Taxes & Debt
4. Rationing
5. Using the Press: Propaganda
6. Women in the workforce
The Armenian genocide
• Armenians & the Ottoman Empire
• World War I troubles
• The Genocide
• The Debate
End of War
1. 11:00am November 11, 1918
2. Treaty of Versailles
3. Very Harsh, Punish Germans
4. League of Nations?
5. Europe in Shambles