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    A minor regional crisis in the Balkans escalated into World War I due to militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism in Europe. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia, pulling in allies on both sides. Germany supported Austria and Russia supported Serbia, bringing France and Britain into the war as well. New weapons like machine guns, poison gas, submarines and airplanes led to stalemate trench warfare as neither side could gain ground. The war was expected to be quick but dragged on for years as technology prevented either side from achieving victory.

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    A minor regional crisis in the Balkans escalated into World War I due to militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism in Europe. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia, pulling in allies on both sides. Germany supported Austria and Russia supported Serbia, bringing France and Britain into the war as well. New weapons like machine guns, poison gas, submarines and airplanes led to stalemate trench warfare as neither side could gain ground. The war was expected to be quick but dragged on for years as technology prevented either side from achieving victory.

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    A minor regional crisis in the Balkans escalated into World War I due to militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism in Europe. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia, pulling in allies on both sides. Germany supported Austria and Russia supported Serbia, bringing France and Britain into the war as well. New weapons like machine guns, poison gas, submarines and airplanes led to stalemate trench warfare as neither side could gain ground. The war was expected to be quick but dragged on for years as technology prevented either side from achieving victory.

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    A minor regional crisis in the Balkans escalated into World War I due to militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism in Europe. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia, pulling in allies on both sides. Germany supported Austria and Russia supported Serbia, bringing France and Britain into the war as well. New weapons like machine guns, poison gas, submarines and airplanes led to stalemate trench warfare as neither side could gain ground. The war was expected to be quick but dragged on for years as technology prevented either side from achieving victory.

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    World War I Essential Questions:

    Origins of the War Why did the European


    powers go to war in 1914?
    How did technology affect
    the way that WWI was
    fought?
    Unit 9 Lesson 1 Standards
    ilitarism

    lliance System

    mperialism & economic rivalries

    ationalism
    Origins of the War: MAIN
    • Militarism:
    – glorification of the military, military planning, arms
    races
    – Germany & Britain were competing to become
    largest, most powerful navy
    – Large armies and armaments made military
    leaders tense. Once a crisis started, each side’s
    generals were afraid to back down. They even
    thought that whoever attacked first would most
    likely end up winning the war.
    Origins of the War: MAIN
    • Alliance system:
    – Germany and Austria-Hungary on one side
    – Russia, France, Great Britain on the other
    – Although these alliances originally sought to
    preserve the existing balance of power, every
    dispute involving any two of these countries
    threatened to involve all the others.
    Origins of the War: MAIN
    • Imperialism and Economic Rivalries:
    – nationalistic rivalries and competing economic
    interests between great powers.
    – German industrialization threatened British
    supremacy
    – Russians looking to expand in the Balkans
    threatened Ottoman Turkey and Austria-Hungary
    – Competing colonial claims also created an
    atmosphere of tension.
    Origins of the War: MAIN

    • Nationalism: pride in one’s nation & belief in


    its superiority led to rivalries
    – Also led ethnic groups to demand their own
    nation-states (Austria-Hungary)
    Assassination = WAR
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife
    – heir to Austro-Hungarian throne
    – visit Sarajevo, Bosnia
    – assassinated by Slavic nationalist (Serbia)
    – Austria sent an ultimatum (making demands) to
    Serbia that Serbia could not meet
    Austria-Hungary Serbia
    Allies with Germany Allies with Russia
    Joined by Ottoman Turkey France is allies with Russia
    Britain involved when
    Germans march through
    Belgium
    Austria-Hungary invades Serbia=WAR—
    Austria was mad that their heir to the
    throne was assassinated

    Russia backed Serbia (alliances) and


    Germany supported Austria

    France is allies with Russia so they are


    pulled into the war

    Britain got involved when Germany marched


    through neutral Belgium
    A minor regional crisis turned into a
    major European war between the
    Central Powers and the Allied Powers
    Fighting in Europe
    Thought war would be over quick… they were wrong.
    New weapons: machine guns, poison gas, submarines,
    airplanes, and tanks prevented either side from
    winning quickly.
    • Trench warfare
    – the Germans at first advanced through Belgium and northern France.
    – However, their advance was stopped by the use of machine gun fire,
    which made it difficult to advance any further.
    – Both sides dug trenches that soon extended for hundreds of miles.
    Soldiers in the trenches suffered from loud shelling, rats and lice,
    dampness, trench foot, and disease.
    – The trenches were separated by an area of barbed wire and land
    mines known as “No man’s land”
    • Tanks were still new and unable to break through. Each side
    bombarded the other with heavy artillery and even tried to use
    poison gas—a form of chemical warfare—but neither side
    could defeat the other.
    Fighting in Europe
    Thought war would be over quick… they were wrong.
    New weapons: machine guns, poison gas, submarines,
    airplanes, and tanks prevented either side from
    winning quickly.
    • Naval blockade
    – Great Britain: wants to starve Germany
    – The British established a naval blockade of the North Sea, preventing foreign arms
    or foodstuffs from reaching Germany.
    – The Germans did not have enough battleships to defeat the British navy.
    – They responded by using their submarines to prevent ships from bringing
    supplies to Great Britain. The submarines used their torpedoes to sink enemy ships.
    • Airplanes
    – New invention, dominated the sky
    – Airplanes were often used for reconnaissance—to see what was happening on the
    battlefield below.
    – Airmen and allied pilots sometimes engaged in “dogfights”--duels in the sky in
    which each pilot tried to shoot down the other.
    – However, airplanes were still new and did not play as important a role as they would
    in later years.
    World War I Essential Questions:
    Origins of the War Why did the European
    powers go to war in 1914?
    How did technology affect
    the way that WWI was
    fought?

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