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Home , Causes of World War I, Triple Alliance (1882), Triple Entente

Aim: What were the MAIN causes of ?

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Militarism-

1. Military leaders had more power than ever before.

2. More money was given to the military to spend on weapons

3. As different European countries began building up their military, other European countries became scared and formed militaries as well.

4. Britain and raced to have the best Navy.

Alliance System- 1. 1879- Bismark (Germany) made an alliance with and Austria- Hungary to unite people who spoke the same language. Russia, Austria- Hungary, and Germany would now be ruled under one king.

2. 1890- a new German leader, Wilhelm II dismisses Bismark. Russia pulls out of its former alliance to Germany Russia forms a new alliance with , Germany's enemy Britain senses a war on the rise, joins Russia and France's side

Triple Alliance: 1. Germany 2. Austria- Hungary 3.

Triple Entente: 1. Great Britain 2. France 3. Russia

Germany signs an alliance with the so that the other European powers cannot control this land.

Imperialism-a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force

1. The need for raw materials spurred competition The Conference- China- Opium War,

2. New location for competition: The Ottoman Empire European countries now wanted the - land south of Austria- Hungary as well as Turkey.

3. Conflicts between European countries became harder to control

Nationalism-

1. Ignored by the Congress of Vienna

2. France is still upset with the outcome of the Franco-Prussian War (they lost land- Alsace and Loraine) and France owed Germany $1 billion.

3. Germany and Britain thought they were both the most powerful European empires

4. Pan Slavism- a movement led by Russia to unite all Slavic people. A. Russia was seen as being the most influential Slavic country B. Russia was embarrassed over the Russo-Japanese War C. Russia wanted control over the