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Major Issues That Led To WWI

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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MAJOR ISSUES THAT

LED TO WWI
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NATIONALISM

  • Self-determination
  • Germany, Italy, Belgium
  • Nationalistic tensions in Ottoman, Hapsburg, and Russian empires
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SLAVIC NATIONALISM

  • Nationalist revolts by sultan's subjects weakened the Ottoman Empire
  • Austria and Russia partly responsible for shrinking of Ottoman territories in Europe
  • Serbs wanted Austria-Hungary to join SerbiaーRussia supported them
  • Pan Slavism tried to weaken Austrian rule and prepare territories for future Russian annexation
  • Germany helped Austria-Hungary to fight ethnic nationalism
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NATIONAL RIVALRIES

  • Germany’s rapid industrialization threatened British economic dominance
  • Both states built huge iron battleships, called dreadnoughts
  • Germany’s program to build many large battleships threatened British navy
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COLONIAL CONFLICTS

  • During colonization, imperial powers clashed with one another
  • Britain and Russia clashed over Persia and Afghanistan
  • Britain and France in Siam and the Nile valley
  • Britain and Germany in east and SW Africa
  • Germany and France in Morocco and west Africa
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GERMAN RESENTMENT

TOWARD BOTH FRANCE AND BRITAIN
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BALKAN WARS

FOUGHT FOR POSSESSION OF EUROPEAN TERRITORIES IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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TRIPLE ALLIANCE AND TRIPLE ENTENTE

Alliance obligated allies to come to one another's defense
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THE CENTRAL POWERS (TRIPLE ALLIANCE)

  • Germany and Austria-Hungary formed a Dual Alliance
  • protection from a Russian attack
  • Neutrality in case of an attack from any other force
  • Italy joined the Dual Alliance in 1882, thus, the Triple Alliance
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THE ALLIES

RUSSIA, FRANCE, BRITAIN SUSPICIOUS OF THE CENTRAL POWERS
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TRIPLE ENTENTE

  • Britain, France, and Russia
  • Aimed to resolve colonial disputes
  • Signed military pact in 1914

Julia Davis