Chapter 26: War and Revolution★1914-1919Class Notes: Tuesday, December 22, 2015- ContinuedLong Term Causes: Formation of European Alliances★Allies formed in 1800s→easier to go to war★Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy○Italy eventually switched sides★Triple Entente- France, Russia, Britain★IS THE BALANCE OF POWER AN EFFECTIVE GUARANTEE OF PEACE?Wednesday, December 23, 2015★Germany has unrest○Wants to be most powerful in Europe○Concerned about Russia & Austria - multiethnic empires■People may want independence→people of Germany may want to breakfree also●Germans have Slavic peoples - Russians may want to ally withthem for independence■Bismarck is asked to resign→William II doesn’t renew alliance withRussia that was under Bismarck●Russia looked to France for alliance→Germany was surrounded,fight two-sided war■Russia wants to expand South→Germany only has access to trade in theNorth●If the Germany doesn’t have access to the south→cut off to warmwater port & Baltic Sea in the North freezes for part of the year→cannot trade for part of the year○Germany concerned with isolating France because they were mad aboutFranco-Prussian War■Does not want them to gain strength & take back Alsace and Lorraine○Germany concerned about Britain■Buildup of industries→navies needed to protect trading ships●Germans build up navy as they get industrialized→British seethis as a threat, building up naval fleet■Colonial tension - both nations want coloniesCrises Preceding World War I:★Moroccan Crisis of 1905○Most Favored Nation Status- Germany wanted to be able to trade there■Same trading rights that the French had○France had ability to control land there after Fashoda Crisis→not willing to giveGermany rights
