WW1 #2: Taking Sides

1. What are the M.A.I.N. causes of WW1?2. Whose death triggered the beginning

of the war?

When the Archduke is killed by the Serbian group, the Black Hand…

• Austria-Hungary gives Serbia a list of demands

• Serbia does most of them (they’re scared!)

• BUT, A-H declares war anyway!

The Alliance System Begins• Serbia’s ally Russia begins to move

troops to help (but does NOT declare war)

• Germany promises to support A-H

• Germany then declares war on Russia

• Russia asks France for help

• Before France can respond, Germany declares war on France

Which country started it? Who do we blame?

A huge war has begun!

• Central Powers: Germany, A-H, Ottoman Empire

• Allies: Great Britain, Italy, France, Serbia, Russia

versus

Pg. 365Label the following

countries:• Russia• Great Britain• Germany• Italy • France• Austria-Hungary• Ottoman Empire • Spain• Serbia• Greece• Belgium

Who is to blame for starting World War I?