World War 1
A high school notes on World War I.
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- Wilhelm II
- became leader of Germany. Disarmed Bismark, Challenged Britain.
- Rival Alliances
- secret treaties - mutual defense treaties - attack on one is attack on all
- Militarism
- increase of weapons & war materials.
- Social
- less rigid social classes, dominance of Middle Class, prosperous, free public education.
- Extreme Nationalism
- countries wanted to prove their superiority over others
- Carnegie
- American steel manufacturer - gave money to help public libraries
- Imperialism
- competition for colonies & control of areas of world
- Dual Alliance
- Germany & Austria-Hungary: Help each other if attacked by Russia
- Economic
- capitalism brought prosperity, socialism brought help for poor.
- Red Cross
- founded to help those suffering in war or natural disaster
- Nobel
- invented dynamite - started Peace Prizes
- Technological
- telegraph, telephone, electricity, sanitation, autos, planes.
- 1896
- Olympic games started
- Political
- movement toward constitutional government & democracy.
- Bismarck's System
- protective alliance to keep Germany safe & France isolated no two-front war
- Intellectual
- growth of scientific & medical knowledge, literature, media.
- Religious
- freedom of religion - government, university, military positions open.