20th+Century+Nationalism

3)Africa
===**1)Read 647-649** outline the causes of the First World Ward that their alliance with Russia would lead to two-front war that would inhibit Germany's rising supremacy and allowed France to recover the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.===

Forged Alliances With Power to Try to Put Preassure On Stopping War
 * Core imperial powers begin to form alliances to try to scare other nations to stay away from their land or attack them
 * France, Britain, and Russia united to form the Triple Entente whose main goal was to stop the German expansion. Germany, Austria- Hungry, ad Ital formed the other alliance.
 * Tensions between Germany and France had already been high for the past few years and their relation only was getting worse
 * Britain joined Russia and France to form **Triple Entente** in early 1900s

__//**Colonial Exspansion**//__


 * Leading up to world war one the whole point of colonial expansion was to bring in the most profit
 * Aquiring new territories became difficult in the 1900s because of the fact that most of the world had already been claimed by a nation, leaving nations to pick away at certain colonies
 * Diplomatic problems began to occur and tensions between Germany and France worse with the tension caused by the Annextion of Morroco

**//__Challenging Leading Imperialistic People__//**


 * The nations who joined in alliances often wished to bring down Germany or stop them from gaining power
 * Britain for example joined with France because Britain felt threatened because of the developing naval force of the Germans
 * Led to new arms race and the launch of new battleships. Soldiers are even trained for general warefare

//**__Diplomatic and Military Competition__**//


 * The Industrial revolution which had been occurring and growing and areas rose populations in areas and all these new people required jobs
 * Nations needing to build a military allowed for a job increase for all citizens in the nation reducing strikes and etc
 * Diplomatic success and confrontation with power distracted subjects and the idea of war promoted a use for people and now with militaries war was a possibility

//The Balkans Become an Extremely Tense Area//


 * Complex ethnic division began to occur in the Balkans. States such as Serbia was backed by Russia against the local Austria-Hungry
 * July 1914 the Serbian nationalist Gavriel Princip assassinated the Archduke Ferdinand which caused the tensions between Austria-Hungry and Serbia. To be protected Russia was willing to step in as they saw themselves as protector of the slavs
 * Lack of diplomacy meant that Austria-Hungry would gain its revenge by war and July 1914 they prepared for war with Serbia to gain revenge on the slavs. This event used the alliance system" as a way to draw the others nations into conflict and ultimately led to the widespread global war in Europe.

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**See/It Means"** below it.


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 * I See || It Means ||
 * * 5 men standing on a black pot that says "Balkan Troubles"


 * Boilig point at the bottom of the image


 * October 2nd 1919 || * This is showing how World War one started in the Balkans because of the troubles there. The asssasination of the archduke Ferdanand led to world war one beginning. Once the war began the alliance system that had been set up in European countries drew the strongest powers into conflict.


 * This is a reference to world war one. The war was the boiling point for the Balkan troubles because it when the conflict was the highest and had the most significant. The war was directly caused by the incidents in the Balkans and they spread across Europe with aid of the alliance system.



The day in which nited States entered the war ||

3)Answer the following questions in your wiki - Start at "It will be our wish..." (10th paragraph)
How does the introduction relate to the causes of WWI?
 * The introduction relates to world war one because the people of the Balkans sought to achieve freedom from Austria-Hungry by forced. They only were able to achieve it due to secret plots and alliances with other nations. Germany who would later activate the intricate plan would invade Belgium.

What does Wilson suggest was the reason for American entry into the war? How would you summarize the main objectives of the 14 Points?
 * He feels that America entered only so that they could maintain saftey and peace throughout the world. He believes that a violoation of rights has occurred and that this was causing the world to be insecure and cause chaos. In order for the world to be put back together and not be in such a state he feels that the world needs to work against such violent ways because everyone is involved.
 * The objectives of the 14 Points focuses on free trade, navigation of seas, and preventing secret covenants. It also focuses on changes in political boundaries, evacuations and improving the sovereignty of some of these areas, such as the Turkish part of the Ottoman empire. Wilson also believes that there should be free, open-minded, and impartial adjustment of all colonial claims.

How might the colonies of Britain and France react to the 14 points
 * The colonies would react differently based on who you'd ask. A merchant person would most likely would want to have free trade with others. They'd be able to trade without restictions to their own colony. A person who perhaps depends on the trade market with their own nation would not like it because they perhaps would get less money if their people can no longer be stricted to an area.