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The Powder Keg of Europe: The Balkan Region

• The Balkan region had many ethnic minorities

• Nationalism in Balkan countries who wanted to gain independence from Ottoman Empire (late 1800s they did = more nationalism)

• Austria-Hungary and Russia were also looking to claim Balkan territory

The Annexation of Bosnia

• Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia in 1908• Bosnia was populated with Serbs and Slavic

peoples• This angered the country of Serbia, who

longed to unite Serb and Slavic peoples together

• Russia also angered (Russia supported Serbia and wanted to gain Bosnia to unite Slavic people too)

Assassination in Sarajevo

• June 28, 1914, Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand, toured Bosnian capital of Sarajevo

• Serbian nationalist group the Black Hand plotted to assassinate the Archduke during his visit

• First attempt failed as the Archduke’s motorcade passed through the city

• Second attempt = success as the Archduke and his wife were shot by Black Hand member Gavrilo Princip

The Domino Effect of Alliances

• Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for assassination• Austria-Hungary looked to Germany for support• Germany gave Austria-Hungary a “blank check”

encouraging war with Serbia• Austria-Hungary gave Serbia an ultimatum,

which Serbia partially accepted• Not satisfied, Austria-Hungary declared war on

Serbia on July 28, 1914

The Domino Effect of Alliances

• Russia pledged to support Serbia, began to mobilize on July 30, 1914

• Threatened by Russian mobilization, Germany declared war on Russia on August 1, 1914

• France pledged to support its ally Russia, began to mobilize

• Threatened by French mobilization, Germany declared war on France on August 3, 1914 and activated Schlieffen Plan

The Schlieffen Plan

• If Germany had to fight a two-front war, Germany would attack France then Russia

• Germany wanted to pass through Belgium

• Belgium was a neutral territory

The Domino Effect of Alliances

• Britain had a long-standing alliance with Belgium and declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914

• EUROPE WAS AT WAR!

New Alliances Formed

• Allied Powers: Great Britain, Russia, France, Italy

• Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Boyz in da Hood: A Gangsta Metaphor for World War I

• Read along as I read it aloud.• Identify sentences from the story that show

examples of the MAIN causes of World War I.

• For each sentence you find, underline it and number it with the corresponding number on the table.

• Give an explanation of why the sentence relates to the cause you chose.

How did one assassination spark WWI?

The assassination of the Archduke triggered achain of events which moved the world into war.

• In your groups, analyze the news headings.• Each news heading represents the stages of how

each country entered the war.• Place the news headings in the correct order.• Once all of the headings are in the correct order,

glue them to your paper. • You will have 6 minutes 58 seconds. GO!