2. Empire Building Leads to War
• Scramble for Africa: Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain,
Denmark, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands want more
overseas land.
• Between 1885-1910 several European countries divide Africa
among themselves as the Berlin Conference.
• Colonizing countries were looking for natural resources and raw
materials to manufacture goods.
• Gold, Diamond, and Oil were resources wanted.
3. War Happens Because…
1. European Alliances
2. Nationalism
3. Imperialism
4. Militarism
4. European Alliances
• European Countries joined alliances to
better protect themselves.
• If one member was attacked, the others
were obligated to help that country.
• Countries actually signed treaty
agreements in case of attack.
5. Nationalism
• Feeling of pride and love for one’s country.
• Citizens felt fierce pride in their countries.
• Many groups wanted to be free from the control of other
nations.
6. Imperialism's Fault?
• Empire building in Africa and Asia leads to WWI.
• Countries built up resentments towards each other
• Felt pride in their countries and its possessions.
7. Militarism
• Countries built strong armies
and navies to defend their own
countries and colonies in
Africa and Asia.
• European countries began to
distrust each other in their
fight for economic power.
8. WWI
• Also known as The Great War
• Started in 1914
• War was between Austria-Hungry and Serbia
• Sparked by the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis
Ferdinand in 1914.
• He was the heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne
• Killed by a Bosnian Serb (part of a terrorist group) who wanted to
free Bosnia from the Austro-Hungarian Empire
• Wanted Bosnia to unite with Serbia
9. Allied Powers Central Powers
• F (France) • B (Bulgaria)
• A (America) • G (Germany)
• R (Russia) • A (Austria-Hungry)
• S (Serbia) • O (Ottoman Empire)
• G (Great Britain)
• B (Belgium)
• Bad Guys Are Offensive
• S (Serbia)
• Friends Are Really Good
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11. Who fought Whom?
• Austria-Hungry declares war on Serbia due to the
assassination
• Germany declares war on Russia, France, and Belgium
• Great Britain declares war on Germany
• Austria-Hungry declares war on Russia
• France declares war on Austria-Hungry
• Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungry
• Up until this point, the U.S. maintained a policy of
neutrality.
12. Germany throws the U.S. into
War! Woodrow Wilson
• President-
• April 6, 1917- U.S. enters war with the Sinking of the Lusitania
• Germany had a policy of unrestricted submarine Warfare.
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15. Where did they fight?
• In Europe, trench warfare developed, especially along the
western front between France and Germany.
• in northern Africa
• in the skies above Europe - “dog fights” between planes
• in the Atlantic, with Germany’s unrestricted warfare and
dangerous U-boats
16. How does it end?
• War lasted until 1918
• Estimated 10 million people died
• Believed to be “war to end all wars”
• Europe was destroyed physically
• The Great War becomes WWI
