Notes on Ap World History Unit6

Notes on Ap World History Unit6

* Immediate origins of world war 1
* June 28th, 1914 assassination of archduke Francis Ferdinand
* Sarajevo Bosnia, Herzegovina
* Occupied by austro Hungary empire 1887, annexed 1908
* Ferdinand in favor of greater Serbian autonomy
* Not enough for Serbian extremists
* Outcome of princips bullet
* First conflict of global proportions
* Conservative estimates 15 million dead( 5 million non-combatants) 20 million injured
* End of four empires, rise of nine new countries
* Massive global economic dislocations
* End of Europe’s domination of globe
* Larger causes of world war 1
* Nationalism
* Imperialism
* Arms Race
* Alliances
* Rivalry among empress
* Dominance of British empire declining
* 1870, 32% of world industrial output
* Drops to 14% by 1914
* Imperial competition
* Germany latecomer, but aggressive
* Small scale disputes around the globe, especially in Balkans
* Naval Competition
* Arms race between united kingdom and Germany to control trade
* Role of public opinion
* Beginning of media age
* Availability of cheap newspapers
* Little accountability
* Awkward pressure on politicians
* Sacrifice diplomatic expediency for public support
* Inflexible diplomatic alliances
* Agreements of mutual defense
* Chain reaction for global war
* Triple alliance
* Germany and Austro-Hungarians
* Mutually threatening war plans
* French “plan XVII”
* HEAVY emphasis on raid offensives
* German schlieffen plan
* Fear of encirclement
* France to be defeated swiftly, then attention turned to Russia
* Conditional of mobilization of enemy forces.
* America enters the war
* Isolation
* Public support for Germany or Britain
* Unrestricted...

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