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Causes of WWI in Europe

Causes of WWI in Europe . By Kendra Schwery. Main Causes in Europe. Mutual Defense Alliances (Central Powers and Allied Forces Imperialism Militarism Nationalism Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Main Cause #1. Mutual Defense Alliances. Before WWI…. Russia and Serbia

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Causes of WWI in Europe

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  1. Causes of WWI in Europe By Kendra Schwery

  2. Main Causes in Europe Mutual Defense Alliances (Central Powers and Allied Forces Imperialism Militarism Nationalism Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  3. Main Cause #1 Mutual Defense Alliances

  4. Before WWI… Russia and Serbia Germany and Austria-Hungary France and Russia Britain and France and Belgium Japan and Britain

  5. During WWI Central Powers Allied Powers Austro-Hungarian Empire German Empire Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Bulgaria Great Britain France Russia Belgium Italy US Australia Canada New Zealand Serbia South Africa India Rhodesia Portugal Romania Montenegro Greece Poland

  6. Central and Allied Powers Map Green=Allied Powers Orange=Central Powers Gray=Neutral

  7. Mutual Defense Alliances-Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia • GavriloPrincip (Serbia) assassinated Franz Ferdinand (Austria-Hungary)-June 28, 1914 • Austria-Hungary delivers July Ultimatum • July 23, 1914 • Provoked a long and coming war • War is declared on July 28,1914

  8. Chain of Events Russia gets involved to protect Serbia-July 29-December 9 August 1, 1914- Germany declares war on Russia to protect Austria-Hungary August 3, 1914- France enters the war to fight Germany and Austria-Hungary August 4, 1914- Germany attacks France through Belgium (neutral) causing Great Britain to declare war.

  9. Belgium Invasion

  10. Chain of Events cont. August 7, 1914- Japan receives a request from Britain to help defeat German raiders in & around Chinese waters August 23, 1914-Japan declares war on Germany April 6, 1917-US Congress declares war after Germany sinks 7 US merchant ships

  11. Main Cause #2 Imperialism in Europe

  12. Imperialism Extending a country’s power outside of the borders; taking over other countries By 1900, British Empire had expanded over 5 continents Wanted parts of Africa because of the raw materials

  13. Main Cause #3 Militarism

  14. Militarism The principle or policy of maintaining a large military establishment Between 1870 and 1914, the armies of France and Germany had more than doubled Fierce competition between Britain and Germany for the mastery of the seas

  15. Main Cause #4 Nationalism

  16. Nationalism Being a strong supporter of the rights and interests of one’s country Slavic people in Bosnia wanted to be part of Serbia instead of Austria-Hungary In other countries, strong nationalism contributed to the beginning and extension of the war

  17. Main Cause #5 Assassination of Archduke franzferdinand

  18. Assassination of Franz Ferdinand June 28,1914 GavriloPrincip-one of 6 assassins Killed Franz and wife Sophie Shot them in front of a deli after finding out other attempts had failed

  19. Assassination

  20. Review What did you learn?

  21. What were the 5 main causes for WWI in Europe? Mutual Defense Alliances (Central Powers and Allied Forces Imperialism Militarism Nationalism Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  22. Who was the first country to declare war? Russia Germany Austria-Hungary United States

  23. Who assassinated Franz Ferdinand and his wife? Robert Blackburn Fritz Haber Felix Yusupov GavriloPrincip

  24. Sources http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Austro-Hungarian_Ultimatum_to_Serbia_%28English_translation%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_during_World_War_I http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm#Imperialism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria http://www.firstworldwar.com/timeline/1914.htm

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