3.2 Filling the powder keg

3.2 Filling the powder keg
Typical aspects:
- The roll of modern propaganda.
- The modern form of imperialism that held a connection to industrialization.
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3.2 Filling the powder keg
Typical aspects:
- The roll of modern propaganda.
- The modern form of imperialism that held a connection to industrialization.

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

At the end of this lesson....
  • You will be able to explain what nationalism is and what it was like in Western-Europe and the Balkans.
  • You will be able to explain what militarism is.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

What do you remember from the last lesson?

Slide 3 - Open vraag

Intro
In the early 1900's Europe could be called a powder keg. It was filled to the brim with causes. One reason made it explode. This explosion is the outbreak of WWI. 

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

What are the causes that filled the powder keg?

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

1. Nationalism
Extreme pride in one's own people and country.
''Our country is the best!''
(In Western-Europe and the Balkans.)

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Germany
  • German nationalism got a boost after the Franco-German War. Why?
  • The Germans wanted everyone to know how strong they were.
  • The chancellor, Otto von Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm I were determined to strengthen the country's position. 

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

France
  • France was insulted by Germany's rise to power.
  • They wanted revenge, because they felt humiliated and lost a large piece of land (Alsace-Lorraine).
  • Revanchism became an important part of French nationalism. 

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Great Britain
  • Great Britain vowed to stay out of the drama on the main land.  
  • GB was proud of her strong navy and colonial empire. 
  • They were mainly concerned about what happened at sea.
  • ''Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never shall be slaves''

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

The Balkans
  • The  Ottoman Empire couldn't stop the rise of nationalism in the countries in the empire and to respond to the calls of independence. (Serbia, Greece, Romania)

  • ''The sick man of Europe''

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

The Balkans (2)
  • Austria-Hungary came about when the emperor of Austria became the king of Hungary as well.
  • It tried to profit off the back of the Ottoman Empire.
  • Austria-Hungary became a multinational state. 

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Nationalism

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

2. Militarism
  • Being proud of everything that has to do with the army. 
  • Trust in the power of a country's own army.

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Arms race
  • It was honourable to serve your country  and militaristic ideas were glorified.
  • Countries competed in having the strongest army ==> Arms race.
  • Germany tried to compete with GB at sea. 
  • 1898: Germany's first naval law. Expand en modernise. 

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

England responded by building Dreadnaughts.

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Communism
  • Countries battled to have the best industry. A stronger industry meant a stronger country.
  • They also wanted to be the best in making technological advancements.
  • This economic rivalry brought communism and the arms races closer together. 

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Explain what this picture has to do with militarism.

Slide 17 - Open vraag

Nationalism
Militarism

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

Homework
Paragraph 3.2 exercise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5a and 7

Slide 19 - Tekstslide