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WW1, Conscription, Autonomy (Causes of WW1) Flashcards

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The Global Climate in the War

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  • Britain (Canada)
  • Germany
  • Bismarck??
  • France
  • Russia
  • Italy
  • Austria - Hungary
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Britain (Canada) before the war

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  • Power House
  • Large Empire (population) with several
    colonies
  • Colonies help support raw materials and source food
  • Strong Navy
  • Rivals with Germany
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Germany before the War

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  • Germany is newly united.
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II, wants to expand their empire.
  • Germany is second in industrial manufacturing to Britain.
  • Germany has the most powerful army in Europe.
  • Looking to make alliances → Bismark
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Bismarck and Germany’s System of Alliances

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  • Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg
  • First Chancellor of Germany
    21 March 1871- 20 March 1890
  • Mastermind the unification of Germany in 1871
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France before the War

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  • Wants to reduce its dependence on Britain
  • Powerful land army
  • Lost the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 to Germany
  • Want revenge (Franco-Prussian War 1870)
  • Want Alsace-Lorraine → rich in coal and iron-ore deposits
  • Russo-French Rapprochement
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Russia before the War

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  • Lacking infrastructure, food supply, weak army, underdeveloped
  • Share common ethnic group with Serbia→ Alliance
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Italy before the War

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  • Newly formed country
  • No industrial production
  • Can’t afford a large army
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Austria - Hungary before the War

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  • Internal ethnic disputes
  • Annexed Bosnia
  • Afraid of Russian expansion
  • Serbian discontent
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M.A.N.I.A

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Militarism
Alliance System
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

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Militarism

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Militarism:
- Is the rapid build up of strong armies, navies, and weapons
Beliefs:
- Problems could be solved by military power
- The only way to get peace was to prepare for war.
- Needed military to defend against war.

Militarism: Arms Race:
- Anglo-German Arms Race 1898-1912:
Race between countries to gain more
weapons and increase armies.
- Battleships, guns, Bigger armies, and
war machines all to match rivals.

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Alliance System

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Alliances are formed when countries band together against a common threat and pledge to support each other in times of war.

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Triple Entente (Allies)

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  1. Britain
  2. France
  3. Russia
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Triple Alliance

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  1. Germany
  2. Austria - Hungary
  3. Italy
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German - Ottoman Alliance

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The German–Ottoman alliance was ratified by the German and Ottoman Empires on August 2, 1914, shortly following the outbreak of World War I. It was created as part of a joint effort to strengthen and modernize the weak Ottoman military and to provide Germany with safe passage into the neighboring British colonies.[1]

Ottoman Empire→ Turkey, parts of Asia, and africa

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Nationalism

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  • Nationalism is a feeling of deep loyalty to one’s people and homeland.
    • Nationalism became popular throughout Europe in the early twentieth century.
    • People were prepared to go to war to promote the interests of their homeland.
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Nationalism in Bosnia and Serbia

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  • Serbia borders Bosnia.
    • Congress of Berlin→ Serbian Independence 1878
    • Pan-Slavism: belief that Slavic people of Eastern Europe should have their own nation
    • Austro-Hungarian Empire annexed Bosnia in 1908 (Bosnia full of Serbians who didn’t like being under Austrian control)
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Nationalism in Serbia

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The Black Hand:
Terrorist group of Pan-Slavic Nationalist in Serbia
Wanted to be free from Austrian control.
Resorted to violent acts to gain goals.
Threatened to kill Archduke Ferdinand.

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Nationalism in Bosnia

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Young Bosnia:
- Was a revolutionary movement active in the Austro-Hungarian condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Members were predominately school students, primarily of Serbian or Yugoslavian descent
- Pan-Slavism
- Affiliated with The Black Hand

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Imperialism

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  • Expansion of an empire
    Gaining colonies.
  • Competition for raw materials markets glory and power.
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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

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  • The Spark that started the flame.
  • On June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated while visiting Sarajevo.
  • Assassin Gavrilo Princip belonged to the Young Bosnians and was supported by Serbian terrorist group Black Hand.
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