World War I:

Vocabulary• Conscription Military draft

• Propaganda The spread of ideas used to influence public opinion for or against a cause

• “Total war” entire population, military and civilian, is mobilized in support of the war

Vocabulary• Alliance - to join together, sign a mutual

defense treaty, promise to protect each other • Nationalism – patriotism, often to the extreme

• Self Determination – self rule; independence

Vocabulary

• Genocide – mass murder, ethnic cleansing

• Armistice - truce

Four Main Causes:

• Imperialism• Nationalism• Militarism• Mutual Defense Alliances

the Spark:• Assassination of the Arch Duke of Austria

Austro-Hungarian Empire

10 nationalities; 3 religions [Christian, Muslim, Jewish]

Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, is assassinated by Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo

Archduke Ferdinand on day of assassination

June 28

Russia is allied with Serbia, and mobilizes its troops

July 28Austria-Hungary declares war on

Serbia

ONE month later. . .

Germany, an ally to Austria- Hungary, declares war on Russia

FOUR days later. . .

August 3 - Germany declares war on France, and invades Belgium.

TWO days later. . .

Britain, an ally of France, declares war on Germany

Two days later . . .

August 6 – Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany

The next day . . .

August 13 – Japan declares war on Germany

One week later. . .

October 29 – The Ottoman Empire joins the Central Powers and enters the war

6 weeks later. . .

November 2 – Russia declares war on Turkey

4 days later. . .

November 5 – Britain and France declare war on Turkey

3 days later. . .

May, 1915 – Italy enters the war on the side of the Allied Powers

3 days later. . .

April, 1916 – Romania enters the war on the side of the Allied Powers

11 months later. . .

April, 1917 – USA enters the war on the side of the Allied Powers

1 year later. . .

Who went to war with who?

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo

• Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

• Germany declares war on Russia

• Germany declares war on France, invades Belgium.

• Britain declares war on Germany

• Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia

• Serbia declares war on Germany

• U.S. President Woodrow Wilson declares the U.S. will remain neutral.