Chapter 13 Flashcards
what were the three forces pushing the world toward war
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
The alliance system
also was a major factor in pushing the world into war
formed because Bismarck believed France needed to be isolated
Dual alliance
Germany and Austria
dual alliance turned into the…and it consisted of
Triple alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Germany made a separate alliance with..
Russia
Does not want to share power with Bismarck and takes over
Kaiser Wilhelm II
What does Wilhelm do that starts things off badly
allows treaty with Russia to expire without contacting them at all
What does Russia do as a result of Wilhelm’s decision?
makes a defensive alliance with France
What does Germany do that makes Britain mad/scared
builds up their navy and builds many ships
Triple Entente
an agreement not to fight against each other
Britain, France, and Russia
What does Serbia want to do in the Balkans
unite all the slavs
Serbia makes an announcement about what they plan to do in the Balkans and Austria-Hungary…
takes Bosnia that is in the Balkans and contains a lot of Slavs
What day are Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife Sophie killed and how/where does this happen
June 28, 1914
in Sarajevo-capital of Bosnia
Princip jumps in the car and shoots both
WHo is princip
a serbian, member of the Blackhand
kills Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Sophie
What is the Blackhand
a group in Serbia that wanted to get Austria-Hungary out of BOsnia
why is it so horrible that Ferdinand was killed
he was the heir to the throne of austria-hungary
who does austria-hungary blame everything on and what do they give them
Serbia
an ultimatum or list of unrealistic, unreasonable demands that they must accept or else they are going to come in and destroy everything
What is serbias reaction to this ultimatum
they agree to most of these demands and decide to have an International Conference to meet and discuss a few of them
did austria-hungary accept this offer
no, declared war on them
Who does serbia ask for help in the war against Austria-Hungary
Russia
where does russia move it’s troops to
its borders with germany and austria-hungary
who does germany declare war on first
Russia
two days later they declare war on
France
What does Germany ask Belgium
if they can go through Belgium and they say no because they are neutral
The Triple Entente turns into
the Allies
who is a part of the Allies
France, Russia, Britain, Italy, and Japan
The Triple Alliance becomes…
the Central Powers
The Central Powers consists of…
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottomans