AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
Agenda1. WWI Pretest3. Notes on PreWar Europe & the Course of the War4. Visualizing the Past p. 6545. End of the War Notes6. Finish CCOT
Monday, March 10, 2014
Homework: Read pages 681685
When the bell rings:Go to Unit 6 on the WeeblyTake the WWI PretestWait for further instructions
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
Unification of GermanyWanted to revival European Powers
King of Prussia, William I appoints Bismarck PM Goal: build military and consolidate authority
FrancoPrussian War to bring the German Catholic regions under Prussian control
Second Reich = second empire
William II reestablishes authority as emperor Built a huge navy pursued colonial ambitions in Africa and Asia
He turns Germany into one of the most powerful nations in the world
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
Triple Entente 1907
Triple Alliance 1882
Allied Forces
Central Powers
Austria HungaryGermany
France Great Britain
ItalyUnited States
Russia
Ottoman Empire
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
M
A
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N
Y
ilitarism
lliance System
mperialism
ationalism
ellow Journalism
We all think our nation is the bestJingoism warlike nationalist sentimentsN
They had already been competing globally for decadesI
If one country went to war the other were bound to join in as wellA
Arms Race Naval Build Up Creation of Airforces
M
Journalists in many countries were twisting and exaggerating actions of the other nationsY
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
Direct Cause of WWI
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is the heir to the thrown in AustriaHungary
The Archduke is assassinated by a member of the Black Hand
The Black Hand is made up of Serbian nationalists
AH is promised a "blank check" by Germany
AH provides Serbia with a list of impossible demands
Russia had vowed to back Serbia
Russia mobilizes and the Germans take it as an act of war
Side Note* The official story is that Britain got involved to protect little Belgium
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
Why the U.S. Entered the War (1917)The U.S. had been pursuing an isolationist policy
3 Events Changed That1. Sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 2. Zimmerman Telegram 19173. German use of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Things to Know about WWISchlieffen Plan - German troops supposed to swoop around Paris and take it
Leads to Trench Warfare
It was a War of Attrition - a military strategy in which a belligerent side attempts to win a war by wearing down its enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and material. The Allies did this to the Central Powers
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
Turn to page 654 in your textbookVisualizing the Past Trench Warfare
1. What can be read from the picture?2. What were the trenches like?3. Can the expressions and poses of the soldiers be read to suggest what war meant to them?4. How did life in the trenches compare with their previous lives in the industrial society and with expectations in an age that had vaunted manliness and nationalism?5. Does the painting raise issues of bias or staging on the part of the artist, or is it a neutral piece of evidence?6. Finally can one move from this picture of war to some speculations about what peacetime life would be like for veterans who returned home?
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
Regions where fighting took place
in World War I
1 Western European Front 2 Eastern European Front 3 Italian Front 4 Balkan Front 5 Palestine/Syria 6 Iraq 7 Arabia 8 German Togoland 9 German Camaroons10 German East Africa11 German Southwest Africa12 German Pacific Islands
Britain's participation contributed to the war's globalization
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014
Treaty of Versailles 1919Goal: Make Germany Cry
Cripple them economically
Provisions: Accept Full GuiltPay War ReparationsRelease TerritoryDownsize its military
Created Czechoslovakia and separated Austria and Hungary into two different states
Created the League of NationsGoal: Preserve peace and establish humanitarian goalsMembers:????
Fourteen Points
Off to Europe I Go!
AP World History Unit 6 Day 2 31113.notebook March 11, 2014