1. Eur ope Plunges into
War

2. Causes of War
 All sorts of causes to the war.
 No single cause was enough, but all piled
together they SNOWBALLED.
 What starts out as a small snowball
dramatically changes...

3. Militarism
 Rapid growth of
military
 Military is the pride
of your country
 Germany 1.3m 5.0m
 France 0.73m 4.0m
 Russia 0.40m 1.2m

4. Imperialism
 European countries fighting for land in
Africa.

6. Alliances
 European countries created allies with
each other
 In the end there are two distinct sides

8. Nationalism
 Strong sense of pride and loyalty to your
nation.
 One main example of why this is an issue
 Slavic portion of Austria-Hungary wanted to
join Serbia
 Austria-Hungary wanted no part of that

9. The Spark

10. The Spark
 Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-
Hungary assassinated by Serbian
nationalist.
 All of the tensions in Europe explode and
cause all all out Battle Royale.
 What started as a small snowball is now a
huge boulder

12. Battle Summary
Worksheet
 Battle- Name of battle
 Outcome- who won that battle
 Result- How did this battle
effect the war?

13. Battles
1. Belgium
2. Marne
3. Verdun
4. Somme
5. North Sea

14. Trench Letter Project
 To get you started….
 Why US joins pg 725-726
 What a US soldier looked like pg 731
 What caused the war? Pg 720- 721
 Who was fighting in this war? Pg 721
 How the Allied soldiers (on our side) felt about you being
there? Pg 730
 The date (be careful here).pg 726
 The conditions in the trenches. Pg 722-723, handout
 The strategies of trench warfare (What did you see, feel and
think about this first time experience?). handout
 What the food, other soldiers, weapons, etc. were like?
Handout