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Imperialism and the First World War
Imperialism
19th century
Between 1870 and 1914,
controlled by
European nations
Causes
Demographic causes
European population grew 300 to 450 million
migratory movements in Europe
reduced unemployment and social conflicts
Economic causes
markets were flooded
new territories to invest
Second Industrial Revolution
cheap workforce
new markets
Political causes
Nationalism
Liberalism
and Romanticism as well
controlling more territories
greatness of the nation.
Scientific causes
greater knowledge
curiosity or adventure
literature of the moment
exploration
Ideological and cultural causes
racial superiority
occupation of the underdeveloped territories
pseudo-Darwinist ideas
white people as more apt,
white people more apt
nationalist idea
Consequences
Social
Political
Geographic
Cultural
Economic
Demographic
The First World War
Great war
armed conflict
1914-1918
The causes of the war
Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire
competed for control
of the Balkans.
France wanted to recover colonies of Germany
Germany competed for control of colonies
Great Britain saw the supremacy in Germany
Armed Peace
28 June, 1914
Franz Ferdinand was assesinated
Phases of the war
The end of the war and the Armistice (1918)
Trench warfare (1915–16)
Incorporation and withdrawal of allies (1917)
Initial German offensives (1914)
Alliances during the First World War
The Central Powers
Ottoman empires
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Germany
The Allies
Triple Entente
Russian Empiere
Great Britain
France
Consequences of the war
decrease in population
Europe lose their economic power
US became the world's leading
economic power
new map of Europe was created