The document analyzes the causes of World War 1, including nationalist, imperial, and ethnic rivalries between European powers. Key events leading up to the war included the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian nationalist in 1914, which caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia and led Germany and Russia to take opposing sides, drawing their allies into a large-scale war. The war lasted over four years and resulted in over 10 million soldier and 7 million civilian deaths.

1. World History 10.5.1
Standards & Goal
Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by
leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of
political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological
conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and
propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian
population in support of “total war.”

2. 19th
Century into the 20th
...
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WWI: The first major conflict fought in the 20th
...
The last political conflict fought in the 19th
century.
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Four Europe's five major powers ruled by emperors.
Each one was related to the others through marriage
or blood.
− United Kingdom: George V
− Germany: Wilhelm II
− Austria-Hungary: Franz Joseph I
− Russia: Nicolas II

3. Queen Victoria's
Grandchildren
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzzAhdS-xIo

4. The Politics of Five...
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Goal: Try to ally with two other powers... Three
against two.
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Alliances in 1914
− Triple Entente – United Kingdom, France, &
Russia
− Central Powers – Germany & Austria-Hungary
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5. Nationalist Rivalries
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France vs. Germany
− Defeated in 1871 by Prussia and allied German
states, France is eager for revenge.

6. Economic Rivalries
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United Kingdom vs. Germany
− Threatened by Germany's weltpolitik and growing
navel power, the United Kingdom seeks alliances
to keep Germany in check.
− Weltpolitik: (World Policy) Policy of Kaiser
Wilhelm II to forge Germany from a European
Power into a world power.

7. Ethnic Rivalries
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Russia vs. Austria-Hungary
− Germanic Austria-Hungary presses for dominance
over Slavic Balkan nations.
− Slavic Russia considers itself to be the protector of
fellow Slavic Balkan nations.

8. The Balkan Bomb

9. Serbia: The Powder Keg
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Austria-Hungary Empire governed over provinces
that were predominantly Serbian in population.
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June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
– bother of Emperor Franz Joseph I – goes to
Serbian capital, Sarajevo on a “goodwill tour.”
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10. Gavrilo Princip: The Match
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June 28, 1914 Serbian Nationalist Gavrilo Princip
assassinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg
− Ferdinand's last words: "Sophie, Sophie! Don't die!
Live for our children!"

11. The Explosion
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1914
− July 28: Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary declares war on
Serbia.
− July 31: As an ally of Serbia, Russia announces full mobilization of her
armed forces
− August 1: Germany mobilizes her armed forces and declares war on
Russia.
− August 3: Germany Declares war on France.
− August 4: Germany declares war on neutral Belgium and invades in a
right flanking move designed to defeat France quickly. As a result of
this invasion, Britain declares war on Germany.
− August 6: Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia.

12. Consequences
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Most thought the war would be over by Christmas.
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War lasted four years.
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1 in 6 soldiers who went off to fight never came
home.

13. Casualties

14. Fields of France
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More the nine-hundred thousand British Soldiers
died in WWI - approximately three times the
population of Anaheim. After the war many
expressed loss and grief through song. Below is a
link to one written after the war.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf_4xkIBMgw

15. Why Should You Care?
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Less than two weeks after Gavrilo Princip
assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand Europe's
five major nation were at war with one another.
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Over ten million soldiers and seven million civilians
were killed.
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How quickly did the United States and its Allies go
to war after 9/11?
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