3.3 In the trenches

3.3 The smokey, smokey trenches
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3.3 The smokey, smokey trenches
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At the end of this lesson...
  • You will be able to explain the direct reason that caused World War 1.

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Nationalism
Militarism
The murder of Frans Ferdinand
Alliances
Economic Rivalry
Modern Imperialism

Slide 3 - Drag question

What lit the powder keg?
Today:

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The Bosnians
  • Approximately 50% of the Bosnians did not want to be part of Austria-Hungary. 
  • They wanted to be part of Serbia, because they had the same slavic background and spoke a similar language. They were also part of the same orthodox catholic church. 

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Sarajevo
The succesor to the Austria-Hungarian throne went to visit the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. 

He was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand.

But a grilled cheese sandwich could have changed everything.....

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Would World War 1 have started if Franz-Ferdinand had lived?

Slide 9 - Open question

Chaos ensues
  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia because they blame them for the death of their crown prince. 
  • Russia was an ally of Serbia and they started the mobilization process.
  • This upset Austria-Hungary's ally, Germany and they declared war on Russia. 
  • France (Russia's ally) was told by Germany to stay neutral. France didn't comply and thus Germany declared war on France. 

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Homework
Paragraph 3.3 exercise 1, 2 3b, 3c and 4

In the meantime, I will answer your questions about the test. 

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