WEEK 3 Day 1

CLASS 1- TUESDAY January 21, 2014 (Unit 28)

            Lecture Notes:  The Domino Effect – Cause of WWI (We’re doing catch-up because of floods)

-          By 1907, Europe was divided into 2 armed camps.

-          1870, Germany became a united country with an attitude: To be like Britain!

-          Germany worried about French attack to regain Alsace and Lorraine, won by Germany this year. France builds up more soldiers on borders, fearing attack from Germany!

-          Vast Austrian Empire in danger of falling apart, some looking for independence, needed a strong ally.

-          1879, Austria and Germany form an alliance.

-          1882, Italy saw benefit in joining the group, so in this year, the “Triple Alliance with Russia, both fearing Germany and the “Triple Alliance”

-          1904, in the past, France had been a rival of Britain. Britain was worried about growing German power. In this year, France and Britain make up.

-          In 1907, Britain and Russia make a similar agreement, and the “Triple Entente” was formed.

-          The British motive was to prevent Germany from taking over all of Europe. Germany responded that the Triple Entente had been formed to surround and threaten Germany.

-          28 June 1914

-          Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was visiting Sarajevo in Bosnia. Many Serbs wanted Bosnia to leave the Austrian Empire and join with neighboring Serbia, who ruled itself. As Franz and his wife drove along a riverside, they were both shot by a crazed Serb. This started a chain reaction, that within 1 month, had Europe in a war.

-          The main causes of World War One, which begun in central Europe in late July 1914, included many factors, such as the conflicts and hostility.

-          The crisis came after a long and difficult series of diplomatic clashes between the Great Powers (Italy, France, Germany, Britain, Austria, Hungary and Russia over European and colonial issues in the decade before 1914 that had left tensions high.

-          Claude “Chuckles” Choules of the Royal Navy died two years ago. The last non-combat veteran, Florence Green died last year.

-          No more living memory of World War one

-          England borrows large sum of money from US to support Britain in WWI

-          World Financial Center moves from London to New York due to the huge debt.

-          Woman got more rights.

-          Germans resurrection

            Discussion and Reflection:  The Black Hand

            Homework:  Teachers need to prepare their own slides