World War I - Introduction

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World War I - Introduction

• What do you already know?

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From World War I

• Manfred von Richthofen German pilot with 80
  victories in a wooden and fabric airplane
• French called him le petit rouge

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From World War I

• Snoopy vs. The Red Baron

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From World War I

• Red Baron(not pizza!)

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From World War I
Do they look the same?
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From World War I

• Armistice Day
• Now Known asVeterans Day

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From World War I

• Daylight SavingsTime

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World War I

• The War to End All Wars

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WWI

• While Americans are working for a better life,
  Europeans are fighting a bloody war

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4 Main Causes of WWI

• M.A.I.N.
• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism
• Nationalism

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Militarism

• The build up of armies, navies and weaponry
• Imperialist nations had sparked an arms race to
  defend their holdings and possibly gain or regain
  territory.

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Militarism
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Militarism
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Militarism
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Alliances

• Created to protect national security and provide
  aide in the event of an attack.

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Alliances
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Imperialism

• Think . . . What do you remember about it from
  the last unit?

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Imperialism

• Dividing up areas of the world among the more
  powerful countries
• European powers competed with each other for raw
  materials and colonies

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Imperialism
This map shows Africa in 1914 and shows how much
land the major nations had taken over.
BRITAIN
FRANCE
GERMANY
ITALY
BELGIUM
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Nationalism

• Nations who wanted back land that had natives
  living there (France and Russia)
• Areas that wanted to gain national independence
  from countries that had engulfed their culture
  (Czechs and Poles)

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Nationalism
Ethnic Map of Europe in 1914
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Nationalism
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Nationalism
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Question to Ponder . . .

• To what extent is conflict a byproduct of
  competition?

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Europe is a Powder Keg!
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• The Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Family

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The Black Hand

• Serbian terrorist organization
• Sent a small group of teenage operatives to
  assassinate the Archduke!

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Sarajevo June 28th 1914
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand's arrival at the Town
Hall on 28 June 1914
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June 28th, 1914
June 28, 1914
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The Wrong Turn!
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Gavrilo Princip
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1914 - 1918