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European Empire Building Leads to WWI
SS6H6d. Explain the impact of empire building in Africa and Asia on the
outbreak of WWI
Propaganda Posters
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Scramble for Africa1885-1910
• Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands – divided Africa among themselves
• Why – Natural resources
• Gold, diamonds, oil– Politics
• National pride (more colonies = more status)
– Worldview• Desire to “civilize“ and
Christianize Africa
Scramble for Asia
• Europe changed from Asia’s trading partner to Asia’s conqueror
• British took India
• French took Vietnam
On the rise in Europe:
• Nationalism: love of one’s country
• Militarism: using strong armies and threats of war
European countries signed treaties agreeing to help each other in case of attack.
Alliances
The Great War (WWI) 1914-1918
Causes:1. MAIN : Militarism,
Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
2. Tensions over territory in the Balkans
3. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip, a Serb
WWI “The War to End All Wars”
Central Powers
• Austria-Hungary• Ottoman Empire
(Turkey + colonies)• Bulgaria• Germany• Plus all their colonies
Allied Powers• Russia• France• U.S.• U.K.• Plus all their
colonies
Events
1. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.2. Russia came to Serbia’s defense. 3. Germany backed its Germanic ally and went
to war against Russia & Serbia. 4. France & Britain then went to war against
the monarchies of Germany & Austria-Hungary.
THE U.S. TRIES TO STAY NEUTRAL
• Most Americans supported the ALLIES. • But - many German-Americans and Irish-
Americans were anti-British, supporting the CENTRAL powers.
• Britain’s navy stopped all shipping carrying weapons to Europe.
WORLD WAR I: U.S. NEUTRALITY
• Later, Britain stopped all trade with nations on the European continent.
• The US protested, but Britain remained careful in its relations with the U.S.
• Germany tried to break the British blockade by using the submarine, called U-BOAT.
Why the U.S. Entered the War• In May, 1915, Germany
sank the British liner LUSITANIA.
• 1198 died, including 128 Americans.
• As Wilson campaigned for re-election, he began a naval rearmament program.
U.S. Enters the War
• Germany sank all ships in the waters around Britain.
• This UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE made Wilson break off diplomatic relations with Germany.
• Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war, which he got on April 6, 1917.
THE U.S. FIGHTS TO VICTORY
• American DOUGH BOYS began fighting in Europe in 1918.
• 1918: Russia pulled out of the war after the Communists took power.
• In Belgium and France, TRENCH WARFARE led to stalemate.
• Germany first used POISON GAS in 1915, and Britain introduced the tank in 1916.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCduRtJQ7gE
War Ends• The turning point came in mid- 1918 in favor
of the Allies. • Germany signed an ARMISTICE at eleven
o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, which ended the war (now called Veteran’s Day).
• The Allies won.• Germany was blamed for the war.