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
6. Alliances
European countries created allies with
each other
In the end there are two distinct sides
7.
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
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
11.
12. Battle Summary
Worksheet
Battle- Name of battle
Outcome- who won that battle
Result- How did this battle
effect the war?
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