Causes of World War I

Question 1

Russo-Japanese War

Answer 1

04-05 Russia wrecked and begins modernization–1910 lookin sharp

Question 2

Socio-political influences on WWI

Answer 2

Socialism–Communist Manifesto in 1848 calls for overthrow. Absolutism denied

Question 3

Tensions between lands

Answer 3

France wants Alsace back
Russia and AH fighting over Turkish Straits
Germany rivaling Britain colonially
Austria annexes Bosnia, but Bosnians and Serbs don’t like that and Russia backs them up

Question 4

Central powers begin

Answer 4

1879 Germany allies with A-H so they aren’t surrounded–promise to help them

Question 5

Ententes

Answer 5

1894 Franco-Russian
1904 Cordiale–France/England
1907 Triple–all 3, Serbia comes with Russia

Question 6

What sparked WWI?

Answer 6

Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the A-H, because they want to break Slavic peoples off of A-H
Serbia won’t meet Austrian ultimatum–July 28 WWI starts

Question 7

War forms

Answer 7

Germany declares war on Russia (mobilized) and France (told them to). GB->Germany

Question 8

The Central Powers

Answer 8

Germany, A-H, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria

Question 9

The Triple Entente

Answer 9

RU/FR/GB, Serbia with Russia, Belgium since they were invaded, Japan, US in 1917, Italy switches in 1915