Warm Up 5/8
• What is nationalism?
• What are some images or symbols of
American nationalism?
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NATIONALISM and
Causes of WWI (65)
Nationalism...
• Has been an important
factor in the development
of Europe.
• Is the idea of a sense of
common identity and a
sense of belongingness to
a particular area.
• Is also a sense of
attachment to a particular
culture (language, cuisine,
costumes, folklore, etc.)
Nationalism in Europe
• The concept and practices of a
modern state had been
developing over a long period
of time in Europe.
• The state in which, a
centralized power exercised
sovereign control over a
clearly defined territory.
• But a nation-state was one in
which citizens, not only its
rulers, came to develop a sense
of identity.
On the sheet of white paper
• Make a web with Nationalism in the center
• For 15 minutes, link different ideas to it
such as, but not limited to:
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Positives/Benefits
Negatives/Consequences
Symbols (American or otherwise)
What are you proud of when you think of America?
What evidence do we see of Nationalism in our culture?
• Feel free to color or draw symbols
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• Is nationalism a good or bad thing and why?
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Nationalism
• What is it?
• Centripetal (pull people together) and
Centrifugal (pull people apart) forces
• Consequences of Nationalism
• Benefits of Nationalism
• Relations to sports, industry, education,
imperialism, morality.
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Causes of WWI
World History, Culture and Geography
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Long Term Causes - Nationalism
• Starting with the French Revolution
• National identities become important, desire
dominance and prestige
• 1871 Germany and Italy become nations – they
want to catch up with Britain, France
• Pride in country partly based upon industrial
capacity, colonies
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Long Term Causes - Industrialization
• 1850’s on sees industrialization spread to
continental Europe
• Economic competition between nations
begin – Germany quickly gaining on Britain
• Transportation, communication, and
military advances continue
• Need for markets and raw materials =>
imperialism
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Long Term Causes - Imperialism
• Nationalism and industrialization tied to
colonial holdings
• Competition for colonies increases tensions
• European nations military, political, and
economic domination of Africa and Asia
build confidence
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Long Term Causes - Militarism
• Between 1870 and 1914, European nations
increase military spend by 400%
• Many believed war was coming, began
preparing
• German, Russian Generals extremely
powerful
• Arms race developed
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Propaganda
• Nationalist Propaganda
• Video
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What techniques are used in propaganda?
What’s valued?
What are the messages of print prop?
What messages were used for recruitment?
What was the impact of propaganda?
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• What is propaganda?
• What are some propaganda techniques?
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Propaganda
• Propaganda analysis
– How does this poster depict us vs. them?
– What’s the message of the poster?
– What’s valued?
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Short Term Causes
• Entangling alliances pull everyone into the war
• Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and
Italy)
• Germany secretly told Austria-Hungary they
would support them no matter what happened –
called the “blank check”
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Short Term Causes
• Triple Entente (England, France, and Russia) –
Treaty of Friendship
• France was concerned about Germany’s growing
military
• England was concerned with Germany’s navy
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Precipitating Events
• Moroccan Crisis between
France and Germany
• Balkan Wars between
1912-13 raised tensions
between Russia, Serbia,
Germany, and AustriaHungary
• Balkans considered the
“Powder Keg of Europe”
– so many countries had
national interests in the
region
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The Domino Effect
• In June 1914,
Archduke Ferdinand,
heir to the throne of
Austria-Hungary,
travels to Sarajevo
with his wife to review
the Austrian
Hungarian army on
maneuvers.
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The Domino Effect
(1) June 28, 1914 – Austrian
Archduke Ferdinand
assassinated in Sarajevo,
Bosnia
A nineteen year-old member
of the Black Hand, Gavrilo
Princip, jumped from the
sidewalk onto the Archduke's
car and fired 2 shots. The
Archduke and his wife were
killed.
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Austria-Hungary
issues an ultimatum to
the Serbian
government in order to
allow Austrian forces
to investigate the
assassination and stop
anti-Austrian activities
in Bosnia
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The Domino Effect:
War Starts . . .
2) Serbia refuses the
ultimatum, AustriaHungary declares
war
(3) Russia mobilizes an
army to defend
Serbia
(4) Germany declares
war on Russia
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The Domino Effect
War Starts . . .
(5) France declares
war on Germany
(6) Germany invades
Belgium to attack
France
(7) Britain declares
war on Germany
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The Domino Effect:
War Starts . . .
• Italy decides that its chances to gain land
are better with France, Britain, and Russia.
Italy abandons its pre-wartime alliance with
Germany and Austria-Hungary and joins the
war on the side of France, Britain, and
Russia.
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• Most of the fighting
takes place in Western
Europe, even though
the conflict started in
the Balkans in Eastern
Europe
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Allied vs. Central
Allied Powers
Central Powers
France
Germany
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Britain
Belgium
Serbia
Total War
• We will read, examine, and annotate documents
about WWI in order to determine if and why
WWI could be considered a total war.
• Definition: A war that is unrestricted in terms of
the weapons used, the territory or combatants
involved, or the objectives pursued, especially
one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
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