The Causes of WWI
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CharlesHoward on April 21, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Nationalism, Militarism, Imperialism, and the Alliance System | These were the longe ter causes of WWI |
| Nationalism | This is the prid in one's nation (also enforced by the educationmal system) |
| The major league countries | Great Britian and Germany were__________ (as quoted from Was) |
| Great Britian | This country is just coming out of splinded isolation, "the sun never sets on the empire" this contry has a long history of greatness). This country also has the strongest navy, the most colonies and is amongst the strongest |
| Germany | This country was just recently united and in rising in power creating an economic, naval (naval race and William II ) , and emperial riveraly with Great Britian |
| The minor league counries | These contries included France and Italy. both countries have the need to feel great and ride on the romantic promise, "we will be great when..." |
| France | This country has been humiliated several times and its main drive for war is to get back at germany/prussia |
| Italy | This minor league country had a secret alliance with France, its drive for war was for the reclaiming of Italian Irradenta |
| The dinosaur countries | These countries include Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire/Bugaria. in each case these countries contain many ethnisities and have an agressive forien plicy to make up for thier instabliity |
| Russia | This country had vast terrians and used apeasment (like the Dumo and Balkan expantion) to mantian the little stability it had |
| Austria-Hungary | This county was in the Central Powers and had the location of Italian Irradenta |
| Ottoman Europe | This county was known as "the sick man of europe", it was a member of Central Powers and was one of the "Dinosaur Countries" |
| The Balkan Pennisula | This was an area known as the "powder keg of Europe" in which there were shifting alliances (the Balkan Wars) (also the location of the spark of WWI) |
| Panslavism | A movement to promote the independence of Slav people. Roughly started with the Congress in Prague; supported by Russia. Led to the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. |
| Militarism | This was a longer term cause for WWI in which new techology developed (from the 2nd Industrial revolution) and Brinksmanship emmerged |
| Brinksmanship | This is the willingness to go to the BRINK of war to make he other side back down (think the First and Second Moracan Crisis) |
| New war Technology of the Second Industrial revolution | This included flame throuwers, tanks (england), u-boats (germany), airplanes, gas (both clorine and mustard), zeplin airships, dreadnaughts (massive ships), stationary machin guns, and big bertha (a new type of cannon). |
| Imperialism | This was another cause for WWI along with militarism, The Alliance system, and nationalism |
| Berlin Confrence | This was a meeting (1885) between the European nations to split up Africa (a form of Imperialism) |
| 1st Morocan Crisis | This was a failed attempt at brinksmenship by william II, it actualy strenghtened the realationship between Great Britain and France (Etente Cordial) |
| 2nd Morocan Crisis | This was a sucessful attempt at brinksmenship by william II in which he sent the SS Panther (a dreadnaught) in to africa to Attack France. Afterwards Great Britian forced France to back down because Great britian didn't want to fight also (Etente Cordial) |
| The Alliance System | This consisted of several shifting alliances that became a long term cause of WWI |
| Bismarkhian System | This was a system that bismark used to isolate france |
| Franco-russian Alliance | This was an alliance between France and Russia when William II Desided not to renew the Reinsurance Treaty/Act |
| Entente Cordial | This was an alliance between Great Britian and France, made comprimse (France got French Indo China while Great Britian got Egypt and the Nile) |
| Triple Entente | This was an alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in before and during WWI, also known as the Allied Powers/Allies |
| Triple Alliance | This was an alliance of Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary (This aliance crumbled later when Italy voted for France) |
| Central Powers | This was an alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire |
| Franco-Italian Alliance | This was a secret alliance between Italy and France in which Italy would help France or remain neutral |
| Plan 17 | This was the French plan in WWI |
| The Schlieffin Plan | This was germany's 6 week plan for war in which German would cross threw belgium then crush the France and thus ridding Great Britian of ports to land their troop and winning the war (unfortanly for Germany this plan failed in aplication when Germany asked to invade Begium, a neutral state) |
| The Black Hand | This organization, also known as the Union of Death, was a serbian terrorist group who saught the death of Archduke Ferdianan |
| Gavrilo Princip | He was a member of the black hand that assinated Ferdian, June 28,1914 (while he was eating a snadwhich) |
| Archduke Ferdianan | He was from Austria who went to bosnia to secure his country's position in the war but was assinated (His death was the spark that set off the powder keg of Europe) |
| Blank Check | This was Germanys was of giving Austria-Hungary permission to do whatever it took to get the serbian's back in check |
| Austria-Hungary ultimatum | This was an agreement between the Austians and the Serbians in which the serbian only agreed to 4 out of the 5 points |
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