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Imperialism and the First World War
Imperialism
Causes
Political causes
More territories = More prestige
Strategic locations
Scientific causes
More knowledge of the world
Economic causes
European markets were flooded
New territories to invest
Ideological and cultural causes
White people and Europeans
Were superior races
Demographic causes
Population grew
More unemployment
Moved to colonies
Consequences for the colonies
Geographic consequences
Change maps
Artificial borders
Mixing&Separating tribes
Social consequences
Racial segregation
Bourgeois dominated
Economic consequences
Explotation of natural ressources
Altered natural landscapes
Political consequences
No democratic systems
Dependence from the metropoli
Demographic consequences
Increase in population
Medical improvements
Cultural consequences
Lost their identity and triditions
The First World War
Causes
France wanted to recover territories
Competed with Germany
Armed Peace
28 July 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assasinated
Beggining of the war
Great Britain lost its
Navy power
Against Germany
The Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire
Competed for the Balkans
Serbia was angry
Alliances
The Allies
Serbia
The Triple Entente
USA
Latin American republics
China
More European countries
The Central Powers
German Empire
Bulgary
Ottoman Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Phases of the war
Initial German Offensive (1914)
Germany use the Schlieffen Plan
They were stopped by
France and Britain
Trench Warfare (1915-1916)
No one could advance
They defend their position
New military tactics
Incorporation and withdrawal of allies (1917)
USA joined the war
Russia left the war
Second Battle of Marne
The Armistice was signed
Characteristics
Society
Men were recruited to
Go to war
Women were allowed to
Do men's jobs
They will start fighting
For their rights
Economy
Focused in industry
Military supplies
Military equipment
Agriculture decrased
Rationing was introduced
Peace settlement
War ended
Allies met in
Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
Decided peace conditions
US president proposed
Fourteen Points
Based on a League of Nations
Rejected
Five separated treaties
Reduction of territories
Demilitarisation of Rhineland
Payment of huge economic reparations
Division of Eastern territories
Prohibition of
Planes
Submarines
Heavy artillery
Consequences
Decrease in population
Between 20 - 50 Million deaths
Europe's destruction
Asked US for loans
Europe lost economic power
Empires dissapeared
New countries created
Definitions
Imperialism
Economic, political and cultural
Control of a nation
Over other territories
First World War
Armed conflict
1914 - 1918
Involved many countries