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World War I:
Vocabulary• Conscription Military draft
• Propaganda The spread of ideas used to influence public opinion for or against a cause
• “Total war” entire population, military and civilian, is mobilized in support of the war
Vocabulary• Alliance - to join together, sign a mutual
defense treaty, promise to protect each other • Nationalism – patriotism, often to the extreme
• Self Determination – self rule; independence
Vocabulary
• Genocide – mass murder, ethnic cleansing
• Armistice - truce
Four Main Causes:
• Imperialism• Nationalism• Militarism• Mutual Defense Alliances
the Spark:• Assassination of the Arch Duke of Austria
Austro-Hungarian Empire
10 nationalities; 3 religions [Christian, Muslim, Jewish]
Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, is assassinated by Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo
Archduke Ferdinand on day of assassination
June 28
Russia is allied with Serbia, and mobilizes its troops
July 28Austria-Hungary declares war on
Serbia
ONE month later. . .
Germany, an ally to Austria- Hungary, declares war on Russia
FOUR days later. . .
August 3 - Germany declares war on France, and invades Belgium.
TWO days later. . .
Britain, an ally of France, declares war on Germany
Two days later . . .
August 6 – Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany
The next day . . .
August 13 – Japan declares war on Germany
One week later. . .
October 29 – The Ottoman Empire joins the Central Powers and enters the war
6 weeks later. . .
November 2 – Russia declares war on Turkey
4 days later. . .
November 5 – Britain and France declare war on Turkey
3 days later. . .
May, 1915 – Italy enters the war on the side of the Allied Powers
3 days later. . .
April, 1916 – Romania enters the war on the side of the Allied Powers
11 months later. . .
April, 1917 – USA enters the war on the side of the Allied Powers
1 year later. . .
Who went to war with who?
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo
• Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
• Germany declares war on Russia
• Germany declares war on France, invades Belgium.
• Britain declares war on Germany
• Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia
• Serbia declares war on Germany
• U.S. President Woodrow Wilson declares the U.S. will remain neutral.