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World War One Note Page 31 Chapter 8 1

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Causes of the War 2 -Lots of Instability Nationalism deep love of ones country Old Empires Ottoman Empire is falling apart. Old Style Govts Monarchs are loosing control of their countries Alliance System Gangs, watch each others backs

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- Led to arms race Militarism build up of ones standing army -Triple Alliance (Central Powers) -Germany, A-H, Ottoman Empire, Italy 3 Alliances -Triple Entente (Allies) France, Britain, Russia Later the USA

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Balkan Crisis Nationalism had crated a crisis in the Balkans A-H expands influence into Bosnia Serbian nationalist groups begin to work for Bosnias independence from Austria-Hungary Powder Keg of Europe ready to blow 4

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Serbian Terrorism Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist The Black Hand 5 Spark that lights the Bomb

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6 -War Starts -Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand -Alliance cause chain reaction to Austria-Hungarys attack on Serbia after the assassination.

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7 -War develops into trench warfare after initial German advance failed to defeat France Schlieffen Plan -Germany wants to defeat Russia first if faced with two front war -Allies want to force fighting on two fronts and get help from U.S.

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-U.S. declares neutrality in the war -develops sympathy for the Allied cause -Begins to export war materials -Submarine warfare begins -Wilson wins 1916 election on slogan He kept us out of war! -isolationist policy US Neutrality

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War reaches stalemate after the Battle of the Marne, 1914 Both sides dig defensive trenches in France Western Front North-East France Eastern Front Austria and Russia 9 Stalemate

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Trench System Large battles develop over small pieces of land actually being gained Infantry charges become suicidal Machine Guns, Heavy artillery, poison gases, airplanes and dogfights, creation of first tanks 15

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Life in the Trenches No Mans Land Over the Top Disease Shell Shock 17

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18 -U.S. continues to export war materials -German u-boats sink any ships they find Lusitania sinks, 1915 Sussex Pledge promise to war ships before sinking them US Enters the War

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War Expands Beginnings of war brought naval blockade of Germany British and French begin trade with America German use of submarines to sink cargo ships Sinking of the passenger ship Lusitania 19

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-Wilson wins 1916 election calls for peace

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Zimmerman Note Attempt to get Mexico involved in war vs. US War to make the world safe for democracy 21

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World War One End of Note Page 31 Chapter 8 22