Causes Flashcards
What are the MAIN causes of WW1?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
What does imperialism mean?
Gaining land/colonies
What does nationalism mean?
Thinking your country is greater
Who was Franz Ferdinand?
Archduke and heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary
Who shot Franz Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip, Serbian Black Hand gang
Why did the Serbs shoot Franz Ferdinand?
Austria-Hungary had taken over Bosnia but Serbia believed it should be part of Greater Serbia
Who were the Triple Entente?
Britain, France, Russia
Who were the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
Germany didn’t want to split their army so would attack France and go through Belgium to go back and attack Russia
Why did the Kaiser anger other European leaders?
He wanted to expand the German empire and build up his navy
Why did Russia want to go to war with Austria-Hungary?
To get control of the Balkans and get revenge for Serbia
Why did militarism lead to war?
As Germany and Britain built their armies, other countries decided to do the same in case a war broke out
Why did nationalism lead to war?
Slavic nationalism meant that Serbia and Austria-Hungary both believed Bosnia should belong to them
Why did imperialism lead to war?
Increased tension in Europe as countries wanted bigger empires
What was the arms race?
When European countries started building armies, weapons, military
When was each alliance of the Triple Entente formed?
Franco-Russian in 1870 Entente Cordiale (France-Britain) in 1903 Anglo Russian (Britain-Russia) in 1907
What is splendid isolation?
Britain wanted to remain separate from European politics
Why did Britain come out of splendid isolation?
Germany started building up their navy in 1898, Britain felt threatened
How did the formation of the Triple Entente lead to war?
Germany felt encircled by its enemies
When was the triple alliance formed?
1882
When was the first Moroccan crisis and who wanted control of Morocco/who was opposed?
1905-6, France/Germany
Where was the international conference for the Moroccan crisis and what happened?
Algeciras in 1906, France agreed to recognise Morocco’s independence but was in charge of its finance/politics
What was the result of the first Moroccan crises?
Kaiser was humiliated and wanted revenge, Triple alliance weakened, Triple Entente strengthened
When was the first Dreadnought made?
1906
Who won the naval race and with how many ships?
Britain with 29 ships, Germany only had 17
