Day 111 Set Stage for War

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Day 111 Set Stage for War
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Warm Up

• When is a country and or a person justified in
  going to war?

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Nationalism

• Industrialization
• 25 of worlds population in Europe
• Rivalries
• Competition
• Land disputes (i.e. Franco Prussian War Alsace
  Loraine)
• Imperialism
• Variety of culture, religion and language

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Internal Strife

• Some ethnic groups such as Irish still dreamed of
  becoming independent
• As Socialist labor movements grew so did conflict
  between striking workers and industrialist

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Militarism

• Importance of mobilization- Army size
• Glorification- Military leaders become important
  figures
• British Small army
• German ship building rivals Britain
• Build up of weapons

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Unresolved Conflicts of Previous Wars

• Franco-Prussian War
• Crimean War (Ottoman loss of territory, Russia
  need ports)

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Alliances

• After Franco Prussian war Bismark tries to
  Isolate France by signing Triple Alliance Italy
  and Austria (1882).
• Rivalry for Balkans (Ottoman, Austria, Russia)
  diversity in Balkans)
• When Bismark is fired and replaced by Kaiser
  Wilhelm Russia, England and France ally (Triple
  entente, 1907)

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Balkans

• Russia supports balkan independence (access to
  water, and Slavic ethnicity)
• Ottoman lose power with independence movements
  (want it back)
• Austria wants control over Adriatic and takes
  control of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Powder Keg

• 1908 Austria takes Bosnia- Herzegovina
• Serbia and Russia offer support but Germany
  promises to intervene.
• Russia and Serbia Back Down

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Assassination

• Archduke Ferdinand (June 1914)
• Black Hand
• German unconditional support
• Ultimatum
• -end to anti-Austrian activity
• -dismissal of any Serbian official to whom
  Austria objected
• allow Austrians to investigate
• England unsuccessfully tries to organize talks
  (July 1914)

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Questions Evidence

1. What nations were part of the triple alliance?
2. What nations were part of the triple Entente?
3. What nation annex Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908?
4. Which two non Balkan nations competed for
   dominance there?
5. Who lost Alsace Lorraine to the Germans?
6. Which nations heir was assassinated?
7. What nation had been unified by Otto von
   Bismarck?
8. What nation was the first to declare war?
9. What great nation did not have a large army at
   the beginning of the war?
10. Which nation did Bismarck view as the greatest
    threat?

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Questions Interpretation

• In your opinion, which was most important
  influence in setting the stage for World War
  I-nationalism, imperialism, militarism, or the
  alliance system? Explain.