Causes of WW1
CAUSES OF WW1
1. IMPERILASM
2. LONG TERM!
LONG TERM!
THE ALLIANCE SYSTEM:
* THE TRIPLE ENTENTE – Russia, France, Britain
* THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE- Austria-Hungry, Italy, Germany
3. THE ARMS RACE- MILITARISM
4. NAVY
5. NATIONALISM
Short term
Short term
6. THE ASSASINATION OF ARCH DUKE FRANZ FERDINAND
The world at the beginning of the 20th Century:
* Influence the way you live: sex, nationality, social class, economic position, gov+location
* “membership” – certain class , reflect economic role + opportunities
* UPPER CLASS; family, own land of others, politics, provided officer class with nations military forces, enjoy high status, didn’t reflect talent or ability.
* MIDDLE CLASS; new group involved in development, control of industries, commercial ventures. Law medicine. Individual efforts; mimicked upper class.
* URBAN WORKING CLASS: provided labour for those who controlled nations resources. Low wage, bad living conditions, struggled, over crowd conditions.
* RURAL WORKING CONDITIONS: seasonal nature of much of the available work. Similar conditions were the same.
INDUSTRIALISATION:
* Making goods using machinery , no labour
* Work more specialised , production greater and more efficient
* BRITIAN- COAL , TEXTILE
* GERMANY- ENGEERING
* Competition economic, colonial power.
* Advancements: electricity (factories, tramcars), replace stream trains (added growth )
* Regional phenomenon, business, finical sectors that encouraged agrarian economy.
* Nation indoor to become more powerful and improvement living: EXTENT OF INDUSTRIES, TECH, and COMMITMENT TOWARDS MODERNISATION.
URBANISATION:
* CATYLST for change of old, political, social, economic, cultural order of the eager 21 century
* For people to live in cities, leave rural.
* Problem rapid: housing cheap, no sewage, coal fires pollution, spread of disease.