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Check In Question. What are some reasons why you might get in a fight? When are fights justified (if ever)?. Core 2…. Is now due on MONDAY, MAY 12 th !!!. Homework:. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CHECK IN QUESTION
What are some reasons why you might get in a fight? When are fights justified
(if ever)?
CORE 2…Is now due on MONDAY, MAY
12th!!!
HOMEWORK:• Download a free QR code scanning app (if you
don’t already have one) or make sure a friend with a smart phone/tablet has one for tomorrow!!!
POSTERVocabulary word & definition
Symbol that represents vocab wordKey points…what happened???
M - MILITARISM• Militarism: policy of glorifying military power
and keeping an army prepared for war• By 1914, all Great Powers except Britain had
large standing armies• Need for quick mobilization• British invent Dreadnought and step up naval
production to keep superiority
A - ALLIANCES• Alliances: created to keep peace in
Europe among growing mistrust• Bismark believes France is biggest threat
to peace…isolates• Triple Alliance—Germany, Austria-
Hungary & Italy• Treaty w/ Russia (1881)
A - ALLIANCES• Kaiser Wilhelm II let treaty with Russia
expire• Russia forms military alliance with
France• Kaiser Wilhelm II starts shipbuilding to
rival British Navy• Triple Entente—Britain, France, Russia
N - NATIONALISM• Nationalism: deep devotion (or pride) in
one’s nation• Competition for materials and markets• Territory disputes• France’s loss of Alsace-Lorraine to
Germany in Franco-Prussian War• Russia and Austria-Hungary both want the
Balkans• Balkans has many different ethnic groups
I - IMPERIALISM• Imperialism: a policy in which a strong
nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially• Competition for goods and resources in
Africa and Asia created conflict• Russia, Balkans and Austria-Hungary
looking to crumbling Ottoman Empire
A - ASSASSINATION• Assassination: murder of a prominent person• Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to Austro-
Hungarian throne visiting Bosnia (newly acquired by A-H)• Shot by Serbian Blank Hand member• Black Hand=secret society to rid Bosnia of
Austrian rule• Austria issues ultimatum…then rejects
Serbia’s offer and declares war
C – CONFLICT• Conflict In The Balkans: “powder keg” of
Europe• Balkan new nations (broke away from O.E.):
Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia• All wanted to expand borders
• 1908: A-H annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina out of fear of Slavic uprising
MANIAC
Which one had thebiggest impact?