1.1 — The long 19th century: the world before 1914

1.1 — The long 19th century: the world before 1914

  • Understand what was different about European powers by 1900 compared to 1800.

  • Know the two major forces that set the stage for WWI: industrialization and imperialism.

  • Be able to name the alliance system that existed in Europe by 1914 and explain why it mattered. You can't understand the twentieth century without understanding what came before it. By 1900, a handful of European countries — Britain, France, Germany, Ru