Objective: Students will begin their study of World War I by identifying the causes of World War I and the geography of the Alliances.

Drill: Attack or defend the following statement with historical facts and feats.

“If a man kills another man he is a murderer, but if a man kills a million men he is a conqueror.”

World War One

I. Long Term Causes (M.A.I.N.)

A. Militarism - a policy of glorifying war and readying the armed forces for conflict

1. urged a constant buildup of weapons and troops.

2. believed that quarrels

between nations "must

be settled not at the

conference table but on

the battlefield“

http://www.illuminati-news.com/graphics/militarism.gif

B. Alliances- made deals with other powers that provided all members would help each other if any of them were attacked

1.The Triple Alliance - Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy (switched sides later on)

2. The Triple Entente - France, Britain, Russia

C. Imperialism

a. countries competed fiercely to gain colonies, new markets, and new sources of raw materials

http://blogalice.com/files/Imperialism.jpg

D. Nationalism

a. is the belief that a group of derived from a common culture should be united and independent, while at the

same time working for it

own best interests

regardless of the

consequences.

http://www.apolitical.info/images/003a.jpg

II. Immediate Cause

A . June 28, 1914, Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWarchduke.htm

B. Germany gives Austria-Hungary a "blank check" to move against Serbia.

http://www.worldwar1.com/photos/gkais.jpg

Kaiser Wilhem II of GermanyKaiser Wilhem II with his uncle, King Edward VII of Great Britain

Kaiser Wilhelm II with his cousin, Czar Nicholas II of Russia

C. The ultimatum - July 23, 1914, ordered Serbia to end all anti-Austrian activities and let Austria handle the investigation of Ferdinand's murder, deliberately making the ultimatum too harsh to accept

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/images/scrpbk/scrpbk_observer_josef.jpg

Austrian-Hungary Emperor Franz Joseph

D. The start of war

a. July 28, 1914 Austria declared war on Serbia

b. Sets of a chain reaction - WWI began August 4, 1914