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Main Causes

That Led to
World War I
From 1914 to 1919, World War I erupted
in Europe
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What caused World


This Great War War
was I?WWI was a global
the largest, most war that altered
destructive war the the course of the
From 1870 to 1914, a number of
developments gradually increased
tensions among the European powers
that led to the outbreak of World War I
The

MILITARISM
ALLIANCES
IMPERIALISM
NATIONALISM
causes of World War I
MILITARISM
The Industrial Europeans believed
Revolution led to that to be great,
large, advanced nations had to have
militaries in Europe strong militaries
As a result, an arms race began among
European nations, especially between
Britain & Germany
Nations
glorified
military power
& kept an
army prepared
forHaving
war (called
a
militarism)
strong army
increased
patriotism
IMPERIALISM
Germany European
& England
nations competed
Germany,
France
fiercely for
& colonies
France in Africa
England,
&
almost went argued
Competition for Asia
over Russia argued
to war three
colonies rights to the over building
often pushed
times over
Europeans Sudan a railroad in
toMorocco
the brink of war
This competition
India
increased European
rivalry & mistrust
ALLIANCES
Germany,
Growing rivalries
Italy, &amongEngland,
nations led
Austria-Hungary
to the formation of twoFrance,
military
made
alliances
up thethat
Triple
threatened
& Russia
to draw
European
Alliance nations intoformed
war
the Triple
Entente
NATIONALISM
Rivalries due to European rivals tried
militarism & to maintain a
imperialism balance of power
increased while also trying to
nationalism among overpower each
European powers other
NATIONALISM
No region was While nationalism
The Balkans
more tense in unifiedbecame
people in
a the
the years before powerful nations,
powder keg it
World War I than was dividing
waitingpeople
for a in
the Balkans
Serbia, Greece, weakening
spark to empires
blow up
Albania, Bulgaria,
& Romania broke
from the Ottoman
Empire to create
new people
Slavic nationsin
Serbia wanted to
unify all Slavs but
Austria-Hungary
opposed giving up
the largely Slavic
The Outbreak of World War I
Serbians On June 28, 1914, the
vowed to take Austro-Hungarian
Bosnia & Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Herzegovina & his wife were
from Austria- assassinated by a Serbian
Hungary terrorist

The assassin Gavrilo


Princip
The Outbreak of World War I
On July 23, Austria-
Hungary issued an
ultimatum to Serbia: turn
over conspirators & allow
an investigationORgo
When Serbia balked at
to war
some of the terms,
Austria-Hungary
declared
Russia had war on June 28,
a large
1914
population of
Slavs &
was an ally of
Serbia; Russia
moved
These troopsset
events to
the
off aAustrian
chain
border
World
Austria-HungaryOnWar 1 Begins
August 4, 1914,
On
On August
August 1,
3,Russia
declared
Italy war
backed
1914, England
on
out
Germany of its mobilized
declared for
war
1914,
Serbia Germany
& its
agreement on
ally war to and
protect
Germany & Austria-
with
declared
declared war
war on
on joined the
Russia
Germany & Austria-
Russia Serbia
Hungary
France
Hungary Allies

On July 28,1914,
Serbia declined the
World War I had
During the war Germany & Austria-
Hungary became the Central
Powers; They were joined by
Bulgaria & the Ottoman Empire

The members of the Triple


Entente became known as
the Allied Powers and
many nations throughout the
world

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