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Prelude to World War I: Alliance Dynamics and American Involvement

Explore the prelude to World War I, focusing on the two main defense alliances - the Triple Entente (Allies) and the Triple Alliance (Central Powers). Learn about the causes that forced America into the war, including nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and entangling alliances. Discover the intricate web of international relations that escalated a border conflict into a global struggle.

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Prelude to World War I: Alliance Dynamics and American Involvement

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  1. War in EuropePrelude to WWI • Two Main Defense Alliances: • Good Example—Two main “Teams” • “Triple Entente” or Allies: • France • Great Britain • Russia • America not involved yet!

  2. Defense Alliances • Triple Alliance—Central Powers: • Germany • Austria Hungary • Italy

  3. “Central Powers” • Those Three Powers combined forces with: • Middle East countries known as the” • “Ottoman Empire” • This is broken up after WWI to what we know it as today.

  4. Teams are set: • Triple Entente or Allies vs. Triple Alliance or Central Powers. • Where is America at this time?

  5. America Forced Into War:A long process, but what causes it? • Four Main Terms to Know: • Nationalism: A devotion to one’s own nation. We had many immigrants in America asking America to help out their foreign land. Smaller countries needing the help of larger powers.

  6. Term #2 • Imperialism: When more powerful countries have economic and/or political control over other nations. Like Russia when they became the “USSR”, or less threatening, America’s influence over neighboring countries like Puerto Rico.

  7. Term #3 • Militarism: The growth and development of a standing Army. The threat of war gave opportunity for smaller nations to grow their military budgets claiming the threat of war was causing this. Received help from larger nations—the reason: Peace!

  8. Term #4 • Allies: “Entangling” alliances drew neighbors into the conflict. Each side having friends they could force involvement on. This is how a border conflict turned into a national struggle, and eventually a World War.

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