Chapter 23

Section 1: The Road to World War I

Glencoe World History Chapter 23, pg 717:

On June 28, 1914 the heir to the ___________________ throne, Archduke __________
_____________, was assassinated in the Bosnian city of Sarajevo. The event was the
immediate cause of World War I, but underlying forces had been moving Europeans
toward war for some time.

The assassination was simply the catalyst (spark which begins an event) that began
World War one. The actual causes that set up the conflict were:

1. _______________________: The extension of a nation's

power over other lands.

2. _______________________ : A formal agreement among nations.

3. _______________________ : Patriotic allegiance to one’s own country

above all else including individual rights.

4. _______________________: Reliance on and glorification of a

state's armed might.

How did each of these factors contribute to the first World conflict?

1. _________________- With each of the European nations vying for dominance

over other lands they would have conflict over foreign lands. Like in the 1908
Balkan Crisis when ________ ___________ annexed Montenegro and
Herzegovina, upsetting Russia and particularly ____________, who wished to see
a single dominant Slavic nation.

2. _________________ - Formal agreements created fear and jealousy instead of

peace. The two large ____________ were the:

___________ _______________ and the ______________ _______________

Austria- Hungary Russia
Germany France
Italy Great Britain

3. ____________________ - was a strong influence in Europe and it caused

problems in the Balkans (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Albania)--these people
wanted to be free from influence by other countries
 4. ____________________ - At the beginning of the 20th century, European
nations began creating huge armies
*Russia had the largest (1.3 million)
*France and Germany (900k each)
These countries used *_________________--military draft--to maintain
the high numbers of troops

The military leaders drew up plans for war that included massive _________________
(getting ready to go to war).
-they stuck to these plans for fear of causing disorder if they changed them

Outbreak of War: Summer of 1914

-Serbian Problem—Serbia wanted independence from the Ottoman Empire and Russia
wanted to help them
-Austria-Hungary didn't want Serbians to gain independence (Slavic people in A-H
would want it too)

Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by members of the group called "_____ ______"
after a failed attempt with a bomb, 19 year-old, _____________ shot both the Archduke
and his wife

_________________________ Responds

________________ decided to punish __________ but were afraid of Russia intervening

-they asked their _____________________ allies for support
-__________________ made outrageous demands so ___________ said "no" and we
have the beginning of war

_______________ Mobilizes
Czar Nicholas was determined to support __________
-he ordered *_______________—process of assembling troops and supplies for war

Nicholas wanted to partially mobilize but his generals said it was "all or nothing"
-he allows full mobilization and _________________ declares war

_______________ gave ____________ 12 hours to stop mobilization—it didn't and war

was declared

Germany had the *______________ Plan—plan to mobilize for war with both Russia and
France

Germany went through Belgium to invade France and because of this, Great Britain
declares war on France and Russiathe result is that all major powers in Europe are now
at war