🌱 main causes of war 🌱 Flashcards
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M.A.I.N
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militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
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militarism
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- when country builds military or military leaders make government decisions
- example: naval arms race between britain and germany
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alliances
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- european countries signed secret treaties, promising to help each other in war
- 2 main alliances were triple entente (britain, france, russia) and triple alliance (germany, austria-hungary, italy)
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imperialism
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- britain had largest empire, thus a strong navy
- germany was a young nation looking to build empire
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nationalism
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- nations believed they were better than others, turned into hatred
- pride, superiority, patriotism
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why was imperialism important?
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- a source of raw materials/resources
- a market of manufactured goods and investment
- an outlet for surplus population
- a prestige for the mother country
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the july crisis 1914
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- period of bluff, threat and negotiation between European powers following the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand
- austria-hungary blamed serbian government for assassination. with support of germany, austria issued 10 demands and serbia only accepted 9. serbia was promised the protection of russia from austria-hungary and germany.
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schlieffen plan
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germany quickly attacked france by going around it through belgium. once defeated, they would attack russia. the plan did not work and germany ended up fighting the war on two fronts simultaneously.
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domino effect WW1
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- austria declares war on serbia
- russia mobilises
- germany declares war on russia
- france mobilises
- germany declares war on france
- britain at war with germany
- australia is at war
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alliance during ww1
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- triple alliance
> germany
> italy
> austria-hungary - triple entente
> russia
> britain
> france
11
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when did ww1 begin and end?
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28 July 1914 - 11th November 1918
