Causes of WWI

In class Monday(11/27/06) and Tuesday (11/28) we're using chapter 24 to answer the MAIN causes of the war, the SPARK that caused in, and the reasons for the U.S. entering the war.

(Thanks to Ms. Hawes for these)

The SPARK is:
Serbian
[named] Princip
Assassinated
[the] ARchduKe
[of Austria-Hungary]
(yeah, I kinda had to fudge this one)




The MAIN reasons are:
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

And the Four Reasons for the U.S. Entering WWI Were. . .
(write a reason, the year and draw a picture to help you remember)
1 Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915 (pictured)
2 Zimmermann telegram, 1917
3 Unrestricted submarine warfare, 1917
4 Russia leaves the war, 1918
or
Allies with France and England

WWI started in Europe in 1914 but the U.S. didn’t enter the war until 1917.