CHECK IN QUESTION

What are some reasons why you might get in a fight? When are fights justified

(if ever)?

CORE 2…Is now due on MONDAY, MAY

12th!!!

HOMEWORK:• Download a free QR code scanning app (if you

don’t already have one) or make sure a friend with a smart phone/tablet has one for tomorrow!!!

POSTERVocabulary word & definition

Symbol that represents vocab wordKey points…what happened???

M - MILITARISM• Militarism: policy of glorifying military power

and keeping an army prepared for war• By 1914, all Great Powers except Britain had

large standing armies• Need for quick mobilization• British invent Dreadnought and step up naval

production to keep superiority

A - ALLIANCES• Alliances: created to keep peace in

Europe among growing mistrust• Bismark believes France is biggest threat

to peace…isolates• Triple Alliance—Germany, Austria-

Hungary & Italy• Treaty w/ Russia (1881)

A - ALLIANCES• Kaiser Wilhelm II let treaty with Russia

expire• Russia forms military alliance with

France• Kaiser Wilhelm II starts shipbuilding to

rival British Navy• Triple Entente—Britain, France, Russia

N - NATIONALISM• Nationalism: deep devotion (or pride) in

one’s nation• Competition for materials and markets• Territory disputes• France’s loss of Alsace-Lorraine to

Germany in Franco-Prussian War• Russia and Austria-Hungary both want the

Balkans• Balkans has many different ethnic groups

I - IMPERIALISM• Imperialism: a policy in which a strong

nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially• Competition for goods and resources in

Africa and Asia created conflict• Russia, Balkans and Austria-Hungary

looking to crumbling Ottoman Empire

A - ASSASSINATION• Assassination: murder of a prominent person• Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to Austro-

Hungarian throne visiting Bosnia (newly acquired by A-H)• Shot by Serbian Blank Hand member• Black Hand=secret society to rid Bosnia of

Austrian rule• Austria issues ultimatum…then rejects

Serbia’s offer and declares war

C – CONFLICT• Conflict In The Balkans: “powder keg” of

Europe• Balkan new nations (broke away from O.E.):

Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia• All wanted to expand borders

• 1908: A-H annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina out of fear of Slavic uprising

MANIAC

Which one had thebiggest impact?