History Quiz
Long Term Causes of War
M - Militarilism
A - Alliance System
I - Imperialisim
N - Nationalisim
Militarisim
--> Build of massive military force and belief in the power of strong armies to decide issues
--> preparing for war insured peace
--> Countries in Europe were in a arms race, they wer competing against eachother in increasing their military force (guns, food, and uniform)
The Aliance System
--> Aliances are fromed when countries band tg against a common threat (early 1900's)
--> Triple Entente (France, Britian and Russia)
--> Triple Alliance (Central Powers) - Germany, Austria and Italy.
--> These alliances between these two countries would likely involve many more
Imperialisim:
--> Empire - a large group of countries ruled by a single goverment
--> The more colonies an empire controlled the richer and more powerfull it become
--> Britian, Austria, Germany had extensive empires before the war were still looking to expand
Nationalisim
--> Austria-Hungary and Serbia were feuding over controll of bosnia
--> Seribia felt they should control Bosnia bc they shared a cultural backorund and history
Short Term causes of war
The Duke, Franz Ferdinad was killed in Bosnia by a Bosnion-Serbian natianalist named Gravnio Princip
What did Austria-Hungary tell Serbia after this death?
They blamed Serbia and listed these following orders
--> Stop natinalist hatred, against Autria-Hungary
--> Punich those involved in the killing
-->Let Austria-Hungary police in the country to arrest who they want to arrest
--> Destroy the Black Hand (group of Serbian Natinalist)
timeline of how it takes place
duke dies, Austria-Hungray balmes Serbia, Russia dont like that and mobilize their army, Germany decalres war on Russia, Germany declares war on france and attacks through belgium, britian have a treaty with belgium and canada is loyal to britian so they deffend Belgium.
Trenches
--> 2 meters deep and wide
--> connected from Belgium to Switzerland