Causes of WWI Mind Map

1. Read pg. 696-699 in the textbook

2. Create a table like the one below detailing the causes of WWI on your own sheet of paper. Include important details explaining how each category led to WWI.

3. Add a relevant images below the information you include for each category.

Prelude to WWI Documentary

Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f11CKYB2FCA

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Part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYrofaDfMKI&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxMMg8xHeY2K-0ap9srI_zx7&index=2

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Part 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYrofaDfMKI&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxMMg8xHeY2K-0ap9srI_zx7&index=2

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Part 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmHxq28440c&index=3&list=PLB2vhKMBjSxMMg8xHeY2K-0ap9srI_zx7

The Great War:�World War I

Unit 5

I. Causes of �World War I

M.A.N.I.A.

• M = Militarism (increase in the military)
• A = Alliances (joining together for common interest)
• N = Nationalism (identifying as a nation)
• I = Imperialism (domination of one country over another)
• A = Assassination (the assassination of an Archduke)

1. European militaries being built up at increasing rates → **arms race**

M. Militarism

1. Triple Alliance = alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed by Prussian leader Otto von Bismarck- goal of the alliances was to prevent countries from becoming allies with France.

A. Alliances

2. Kaiser Wilhelm II took over Germany (forced Bismarck out) and let treaty with Russia lapse

3. Russia, France, and Great Britain formed the Triple Entente

A. Alliances

1. Development of nationalism (pride for one’s nation) in: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, Russia, Italy and France

N. Nationalism

2. In the 1900’s, the Ottoman Empire was in decline → new nations broke away, including Serbia

N. Nationalism

3. Serbia wanted to extend itself to the Balkan Peninsula (which included a lot of Slavic people), but this was opposed by Austria-Hungary

N. Nationalism

4. In 1908, Austria took over two large Balkan territories (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

N. Nationalism

1. Increasing and fierce competition over colonization

I. Imperialism

Khan Academy Clip

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/euro-hist/world-war-i-tutorial/v/assassination-of-franz-ferdinand-by-gavrilo-princip

1. Gavrilo Princip (a Serbian) and the Black Hand plotted to assassinate the Archduke of Austria-Hungary

A. Assassination

2. On June 28, 1914- Princip shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia

A. Assassination

1. A-H punishes Serbia → A-H refuses Serbian compromise knowing it will lead to war

2. On July 28, A-H declared war and Russia, supporting Serbia, mobilizes troops

B. Start of the War

3. Central Powers = Germany and A-H (Ottomans and Bulgaria later)

4. Allies = Great Britain, France, Russia (Italy and the United States later)

B. Start of the War

Chain Reaction

1. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914)
2. A-H declares war on Serbia (July 28, 1914)
3. Russia Mobilizes troops (July 31, 1914)
4. Germany Declares war on Russia & France (August 1, 1914)
5. Germany invades neutral Belgium (August 3, 1914)
6. GB declares war on Germany (August 4, 1914)
7. Japan declares war on Germany (August 23, 1914)
8. Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire join Central Powers (October 1914)
9. Italy (1915) and the US (1917) join the allies in future years

II. Europe Plunges into War

1. The Schlieffen Plan (1905) = Germany’s plan to defeat France in the West first and then fight Russia in the East.

A. Strategy for Battle

1. First Battle of the Marne (1914): Germans were defeated, making it apparent that the Schlieffen Plan wouldn’t work.

B. Key Battles on the Western Front

2. Battle of Somme (1916): One of the bloodiest battles, resulting in >one million casualties.

B. Key Battles on the Western Front

Seeing? Doing? Reflection?

Sentence Starters��See: �“I see that ….”�“I see ….”��Doing: �“I think he/she is ….” or “I think they are ….”��Reflection:�Your initial reaction, you opinion, any additional observation

1^st Battle of the Marne, 1914

Seeing? Doing? Reflection?

Sentence Starters��See: �“I see that ….”�“I see ….”��Doing: �“I think he/she is ….” or “I think they are ….”��Reflection:�Your initial reaction, you opinion, any additional observation

Battle of Verdun, 1916

Seeing? Doing? Reflection?

Sentence Starters��See: �“I see that ….”�“I see ….”��Doing: �“I think he/she is ….” or “I think they are ….”��Reflection:�Your initial reaction, you opinion, any additional observation

1^st Battle of the Marne, 1914

Seeing? Doing? Reflection?

Sentence Starters��See: �“I see that ….”�“I see ….”��Doing: �“I think he/she is ….” or “I think they are ….”��Reflection:�Your initial reaction, you opinion, any additional observation

Battle of Verdun, 1916

Seeing? Doing? Reflection?

Sentence Starters��See: �“I see that ….”�“I see ….”��Doing: �“I think he/she is ….” or “I think they are ….”��Reflection:�Your initial reaction, you opinion, any additional observation

Battle of Somme, 1916

Seeing? Doing? Reflection?

Sentence Starters��See: �“I see that ….”�“I see ….”��Doing: �“I think he/she is ….” or “I think they are ….”��Reflection:�Your initial reaction, you opinion, any additional observation

Battle of Somme, 1916

Seeing? Doing? Reflection?

Sentence Starters��See: �“I see that ….”�“I see ….”��Doing: �“I think he/she is ….” or “I think they are ….”��Reflection:�Your initial reaction, you opinion, any additional observation

Battle of Somme, 1916

Seeing? Doing? Reflection?

Sentence Starters��See: �“I see that ….”�“I see ….”��Doing: �“I think he/she is ….” or “I think they are ….”��Reflection:�Your initial reaction, you opinion, any additional observation

Battle of Somme, 1916

III. A Global Conflict

1. The war spread throughout the world.

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A. War Affects the World

Gallipoli Campaign 1915

Conflict in the Ottoman Empire

1. By 1915 the western front is in a stalemate. The allies decide to attack the Ottomans.

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2. By taking the Dardanelles strait and Constantinople (the capitol) of the Ottoman Empire the allies could get supplies to Russia

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3. Ottomans fiercely defended their territory and eventually the allies withdrew.

B. Gallipoli Campaign

C. Armenian Genocide

1. The Armenians were a minority group in the Ottoman Empire and were predominantly Christian in an Islamic society.
2. The Ottoman Turks saw the Armenians as a threat and started targeting them.
3. Under the chaos of war the Ottomans arrested, killed, & deported approximately 1 million Armenians.

1. A German U-boat sunk the British passenger ship Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans

D. The US Joins the War

2. Germany sent the Zimmerman Note to Mexico in 1917, seeking an alliance.

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3. The British intercepted it and gave it to the U.S., the U.S. joined the war on the side of the Allies.

D. The US Joins the War

1. WWI was a total war as all resources went to the war effort. Countries used propaganda to gain support, turned to rationing, and involved women more – Women worked in factories, offices, etc. & worked on or near the frontline as nurses.

E. War Affects the Home Front

1. As a result of the Russian Revolution, Russia withdrew from the war in 1917 with the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
2. The Second Battle of the Marne marked the defeat of the German army

F. The Allies Win the War

3. Central Powers collapsed. Germany and France signed an armistice.

4. WWI ended at 11am on 11/11/1918

D. The Allies Win the War

IV. A Flawed Peace

1. Wilson made a peace proposal at the end of the war known as the 14 Points.

2. He called for nations to have self-determination.

A. Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points

Summary of President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points

1. Open diplomacy
2. Freedom of the seas, in peace and in war
3. Removal of economic barriers, equal trade conditions
4. Reduction of armaments (militaries)
5. Adjustment of colonial claims with reference to the wishes of the governed population
6. Evacuation of Russian territory
7. Evacuation and restoration of Belgium
8. Evacuation of French territory, restoring Alsace-Lorraine to France
9. Redrawing Italian frontiers
10. Division of the Austria-Hungarian empire
11. Independence for Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro (Balkans)
12. Limiting Turkish (Ottoman Empire) control of non-Turkish populations
13. Establishment of an independent Poland
14. Creation of a League of Nations

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3. Wilson proposed the League of Nations, an international body created to keep peace. The US did not join it…

A. Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points

1. Woodrow Wilson (US), Georges Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (GB), and Vittorio Orlando (Italy) met at the Paris Peace Conference.

B. The Treaty of Versailles

2. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919.

B. The Treaty of Versailles

C. Punishing the Central Powers

1. AH and Ottoman Empires were dissolved and new countries were formed.

2. Germany had to sign a war guilt clause, taking full responsibility for the war.

C. Punishing the Central Powers

3. Germany owed billions of dollars in reparations.

C. Punishing the Central Powers

And they finally paid it off in 2010! (that is NOT a typo!)

4. They also lost land in Europe, surrendered overseas colonies, and had severe military restrictions based on them.

C. Punishing the Central Powers

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