Vocab Imperialism thru rough riders
When is it okay to get involved in another countries problem/s?Why
“Threaten and use if necessary military force to maintain peace or get our way”“Invest in foreign countries. Give them money as long as they do things we like. The minute they don’t take away their money”Prove to them we are friends by treating them as equal and honoring their independent decisions even if they do not agree with us?
Austro- Hungarian Empire
Germany
Italy
France
Great Britain
Russia
Turkey
Serbia
Devotion to the interests of ones own nation
Serbia Wanted independence from the Austro Hungarian Empire
•Germany was anxious to prove itself as a power in World affairs
•1871 German states unite and become one country
•Germans defeat the French and Austro Hungarians
All were in a race for Empire
• Germany wanted Berlin to Baghdad railroad
• Great Britain needed to protect Suez Canal
German leader Otto Von Bismarck sees the need for alliances.
The Three Emperors League
The Triple Alliance
SSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!
“We will consult before we go to war”
•Great Britain separates itself from Europe 1870
• Wakes up to find it has fallen behind
•Treaty with Japan
•Naval race with Germany
Control over the Serbian People
Prevent expansion
Regain lost French land of Alsace and Lorraine
Russia needed warm water ports
Recap Time
Who was backing who?
Members of the Serbian nationalist group
The Black Hand plot Franz Ferdinand’s death
•Austria-Hungary, unsatisfied with Serbia's response to her ultimatum declared war on Serbia 28 July 1914.
•Russia, bound by treaty to Serbia,declares war on Austria Hungary
•Germany, allied to Austria-Hungary by treaty, viewed the Russian mobilization as an act of war
•France, bound by treaty to Russia, found itself at war against Germany
•Britain, allied to France to declares war on Germany
Australia,
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Costa Rica
Japan
Turkey
Greece
Ecuador
Haiti
Liberia
Montenegro
New Zealand
Panama
Romania
Italy