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World War I
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Think about the following:
Should the United States have declared war on Spain in
1898?
CCEJ Argumentative
Paragraph
 CLAIM
 The position or side of the question that you plan to argue
 CONTEXT
 The historical context/background about the subject
 EVIDENCE
 Examples/Sources/Documents that will support your position
 JUSTIFICATION
 Significance of your evidence
 How your evidence supports your claim
Should the United States have declared war
on Spain in 1898?
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CLAIM
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CONTEXT
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In 1898, the United States declared war on Spain for four main reasons; rebellion,
atrocities, economic interests, and the De Lome Letter.
EVIDENCE
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The United States should have declared war on Spain in 1898.
The most important reasons why the United States declared war on Spain were Spanish
atrocities and more specifically, yellow journalism and the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine.
JUSTIFICATION
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Spanish atrocities caused the United States to publish newspaper stories, called Yellow
Journalism, about how bad the Spanish treated the Cubans. The stories were
exaggerations, but they caused Americans to want to support Cuban independence.
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Other examples to support justification
Similarly the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine was printed in newspapers as another
example of Spanish atrocities. It was the final push Americans needed to declare war on
the Spanish.
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Closing sentence
AIM
How did one gunshot lead to the death of
millions of people?
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT WWI
• Started on July 28, 1914
• Ended November 11, 1918
• Almost 8 million died because of the
war
The Causes of World War I
M.A.N.I.A
Militarism
Alliance
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination
Militarism
 Definition:
 European nations began arming themselves to protect their
assets
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Increased size and strength of military.
Alliances
 An agreement made between two or more
countries to give each other help when needed.
 When an alliance is signed, those countries
become known as Allies.
 Map of European Alliances in 1914
Nationalism
 Definition
 Love/Pride for your country
 The desire of independent nations for dominance and
prestige.
Imperialism
Definition
refers to the control of one country by another
(economically and politically)
The
“Spark”
The Assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand
 The assassination of
Austrian Archduke
Franz Ferdinand
was “the spark”
that ignited Europe
into Total War.
 Killed by Serbian
group the “Black
Hand”
Domino Effect
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Austria Hungry
Serbia
Germany
Russia
Exit Ticket
Using the CCEJ method, answer
the following question.
What was the most important
European cause of World War I?
Alliances Prior to World
War 1
Red= Allied Powers
Pink= Central Powers
List the countries included in
each alliance in your notes.
Allied Powers (Entente)
1. Great Britain
2. France
3. Russia
Central Powers
1. Germany
2. Austria-Hungry
3. Turkey
European Imperialism