History/The Origins of World War One

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Objective

To understand the steps to a European War that embroiled the world in a catastrophe

Questions

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Definitions

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Contents of Focussing Questions

• 1. How and why did Bismark establish a network of alliances within the European States System?
• 2. How did the new expanding, dynamic Germany of the late 19th century affect world politics?
• 3. Why did Britain end her policy of "splendid isolation"?
• 4. What were the important consequences of the First Moroccan Crisis?
• 5. Why did the Balkan "powder keg" nearly explode into war in 1908?
• 6. What was the extent of the arms race and how did it cause international tension prior to World War One?
• 7. How and why did Germany provoke the Second Moroccan Crisis?
• 8. How does Serbia emerge from the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 as the largest and most powerful of dthe Balkan nations?
• 9. How far did European society accept war as natural and inevitable?
• 10. How did the European powers plan for the likelihood of war?
• 11. How did the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne trigger another Balkan Crisis that escalated to World War One?
• 12. What role did Germany play in the final crisis that escalated to World War One?
• 13. What caused World War One and who was to blame?
  

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4. What were the important consequences of the First Moroccan Crisis?

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7. How and why did Germany provoke the Second Moroccan Crisis?

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8. How does Serbia emerge from the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 as the largest and most powerful of dthe Balkan nations?

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9. How far did European society accept war as natural and inevitable?

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10. How did the European powers plan for the likelihood of war?

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11. How did the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne trigger another Balkan Crisis that escalated to World War One?

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12. What role did Germany play in the final crisis that escalated to World War One?

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