Tensions Ignited

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Tensions Ignited

• Causes of the Great War

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Europes Standing

• Europe is in an industrial boom
• Modernization creates feelings of superiority
• Industrial way of life to be the peak of world
  civilization

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Imperialism

• Need for new markets and resources
• Creates a European race for empire
• Conflict arises over lands in Africa, Asia, and
  the Middle East

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Militarism

• Militaries created and strengthened to protect
  colonies
• New technology goes to improving military
• European countries strive to have the biggest and
  best military on the continent

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Nationalism

• Devotion in ones country
• Caused by colonies, modernization, nationalist
  movements of the late 1800s
• Ethnic groups under other reigns want a
  government for their people

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System of Alliances

• Bismarck, chancellor of Germany, wanted alliances
  to keep Germany out of a two-front war and to
  isolate France
• Created a Triple Alliance Germany,
  Austria-Hungary, and Italy
• Wilheim II ignored many of Bismarcks diplomatic
  actions
• Ceded favorable actions towards Britain
• Isolated Russia

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System of Alliances

• Feeling threatened Britain, Russia, and France
  formed the Triple Entente
• Creates a two sided world

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Nationalism in the Balkans

• People with diverse religions, ethnic
  backgrounds, and languages
• With the decline of the Ottoman Empire new
  nations were born
• Russia and Austria compete for control of these
  new nations
• Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia in 1908 and Serbia
  resents this action

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Assassination of the Archduke

• Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria visits
  Bosnia in June of 1914
• 7 Black Hand assassins plotted against him
• Gavriol Princip shoots the archduke and his wife

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The Ultimatum

• Germany gives full support to Austria-Hungary
• Austria-Hungary serves Serbia with an ultimatum
• Suppression of all anti-Austrian activity
• Dismissal of all Serbian officials that Austria
  didnt approve of
• Allow Austria into Serbia to do a full
  investigation
• Serbia agrees to the first and second conditions
  but refuses to accept the third condition
• Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia on July
  28, 1914

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The Alliance System Leads to War

• Russia supported Serbia and Germany supported
  Austria-Hungary
• Germany declares war on Russia
• Britain declares war on Germany

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Ultimatum
Assassination
1. Imperialism
2. Nationalism
3. Militarism
Powder Keg of Europe
4. Formation of Alliances-Triple Alliance and
Triple Entente
5. Tension between Russia and Austria
6. Tension between Austria and Serbia