world war breaks out in europe. long term causes of wwi militarism alliances imperialism nationalism
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World War Breaks Out in
Europe
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Long Term Causes of WWI
•Militarism•Alliances•Imperialism•Nationalism
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Militarism
•Development of your military as a tool for diplomacy and the elevation status of the military in the minds of the population.
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Alliances
•Increasing fear of a possible conflict leads to the need to find allies to help protect you.
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Alliances
•Triple Entente:Britain, France, Russia
•Central Powers:Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
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Imperialism
•Constant quest for new territories and resources increases potential for conflict.
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Nationalism
•A devotion to your own nation and its interests.–Powerful looking to expand
–Less powerful looking for independence
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War finally kicks off
•Serbian nationalist organization “the black hand” plans an assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian thrown (Archduke Franz Ferdinand)
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War finally kicks off
•Gavrilo Princip commits the act in June of 1914 and Austria-Hungary tells Serbia to hand over those involved in the plan. They don’t act to A-H’s satisfaction
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War finally kicks off
•Germany gives A-H a “blank check” to go after Serbia
•Russia (Slavic) won’t have it
•Germany knows Russia is in cahoots with France so they need a plan
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The Schlieffen Plan
•Germany figures they can’t fight on two fronts so they will knock out France first before focusing on Russia. They attack through Belgium.
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Trench Warfare
•The western front becomes a long line of trenches across Europe where massive human losses are incurred for very little geographic gain.