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=**Causes of the War**=

In Europe, Germany had recently become a unified nation (1870s) and grew into a naval arms race with Britain. Nations in Europe were building their militaries attempting to have the most powerful militaries. This was similar to the U.S., which in the late 19th century was working on building the navy. The U.S. wasn't in an arms race though. This building of military strength in Europe is called **militarism**. Also, groups in Europe had extreme pride in their nations, called **nationalism**, which was another source of competition among European nations. In addition, European nations were competing for colonies and expansion, which is called **imperialism**. Fearing attacks from the other nations, one by one European powers formed **alliances**, defensive alliances - the **Triple Alliance** (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy) and the **Triple Entente** (Britain, France, and Russia). These alliances would NOT be the same exact alliances when the war began. The four concepts all contributed to the heavy mistrust that European nations had for one another. It was only going to take a spark to trigger a great war in Europe. Answer on your daily lesson guide - **1.** What evidence shows the heavy mistrust in Europe?

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Answer on your daily lesson guide:
 * 2.** How did Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip (possibly part of the Serbian secret society, Black Hand) help spark the war?


 * 3.** On your map of Europe, mark the two major sides at the outbreak of war by putting an "AP" in the 3 nations that made up the Allied Powers and a "CP" in the empires that made up the Central Powers (keep in mind, the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente were not the names of the war alliances - these were merely defensive alliances - Italy, who was part of the original Triple Alliance, also had a secret agreement with France, which nullified their alliance with Germany when the war broke out, which made Italy neutral at the start of the war). Also, draw the Western Front and the Eastern Front.


 * 4.** On your map of Europe, mark the location of the assassination. The map below can help you as a guide.


 * 5.** So, here's what happened. A Serbian secret society carried out the assassination. Austria-Hungary demanded Serbia turn over all who were responsible. Serbia said no. Austria-Hungary prepared for war against Serbia. Russia, which is ethnically the same as the Serbians, warned Austria-Hungary not to embarrass Serbia. Germany told Austria-Hungary that they supported whatever the Austro-Hungarians did, called the German Blank Check. Each nation mobilized it's forces and the war started. On your daily lesson guide: who do you blame (nation) for the outbreak of WWI? Why?

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