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Slide one: (Background to why alliances were getting formed) -Back in the _______ even, The German Empire became the ___________________ next to Britain -Germany didn’t like the fact that they were only the second and wanted to be the most powerful country, _____________ -Britain was afraid of what Germany might do and that’s when __________ were made Slide two: (What were the alliances?) -The alliances were countries that _________ together against other countries. -This system led to the ____________________________________________________ -during world war one, there were two alliance’s that fought against each other. -They were called the “________________” which was Russia France ______ And England -And the “Central powers”, which were made out of __________________ __________________ And the Turkish Empire -There were also _____ countries that did not go into war. Slide three: (Who joined who, and when) -France allied itself to Russia in _____, since both countries were concerned of Germanys increasing power and influence in Europe. -It was only till __________________________________ joined this alliance -Germany and Austria-Hungry formed an alliance of their own in ______, in _____ Italy joined this alliance, and they called themselves the “Triple alliance” - Italy remained neutral, although it was nominally a German ally. The Italians _____________________________________________________________________________ Slide four: (What was the point of the alliance systems) -Central powers had _________________________________. This meant if any of the 3 got in a war, even if they started it themselves, the other 2 ______________ to join in the war on their side. -Allied powers had a________________________. This meant if either were attacked; the other was bound to join in the war on their side. However, if either France or Russia started a war themselves by attacking another country,_______________________________________________________. Slide five (Allied powers understatement) -Russia’s, Britain’s and France’s “Alliance” wasn’t even an actually “Alliance” It was just an understatement they were all ___________ -And that none of them liked the Germans Slide Six: (London Treaty) -Under the Treaty of London (1839) Britain guaranteed Belgian neutrality. -This meant that if another country invaded Belgium, ____________________________________________________________________ Slide Seven: (The USA joins) -When the war first broke out in 1914 America tried to stay ___________________________ -Britain and France personally wanted to keep The States out of it, but Germany didn’t care _______________________________________ -The US joins the war in ___________ Slide Eight: (Reasons US joins) -The US entered the war for many reasons, but the most effecting reasons were: 1. Submarine Warfare and the Lusitania: ________________________________________________________________________ the sinking of the Lusitania, The German U-boat ring sought to sink all supply ships headed for Britain in order to starve 2. _________________ The US had huge economic investments with the British and French. If they were to lose, then they would not be able to pay the U.S. debt back If the Allies could not pay back all the loans made to them by the American bankers, the _______________________________________ 3. Politics By entering the war, the US got to flex its muscles on the world stage and establish itself as a world power. _____________________________________________________________________ 4. Zimmerman Telegram: finally pushed the US to war The Zimmerman Telegram was sent from the German foreign secretary to Mexico Stated that if the US goes to war, Mexico must fight to supported alliance with Germany; _______________________________________________________________________