causes of WW1 dbq
Austin Lynch
Mrs. Barriga
Us History II Honors
January 16, 2015
DBQ: What was the underlying cause of World War I? There were many causes of World War I, but the three most important causes were militarism, imperialism, and alliances. World War I started in 1914, and it started off when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. This was a global war centered in Europe which started July 28, 1914 and ended November 11, 1918. After World War I ended more than 9 million soldiers had been killed and about 21 million soldiers were wounded. The two nations that were effected most in the war were Germany and France. Also World War I marked the end of the four imperial dynasties which were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Turkey.
One underlying cause of World War I was militarism. Militarism is when nations invested heavily in their armed forces in order to remain stronger than one’s enemies. Well first Great Britain spent the most money on its navy so it could have a very strong military. Also Germany spent the most money on its army, to also have a very strong military. This evidence supports the claim that militarism was an underlying cause of the war because Germany had the strongest power on the continent. But the British navy was the strongest in the world. So obviously both countries, Germany and Great Britain, began to battle to see who had the strongest and most powerful military in the world.
A second underlying cause of World War I was imperialism. Imperialism is the extension of one nation’s control over other people. First Great Britain had 12,740,000 square miles which means that they had the biggest population in their colonies, in which there population was 400,000,000. France had the second most square miles, in which they had 4,440,000 square miles and had the second biggest population, in which they had 56,000,000. This evidence supports the claim that imperialism was an underlying cause of the war
Mrs. Barriga
Us History II Honors
January 16, 2015
DBQ: What was the underlying cause of World War I? There were many causes of World War I, but the three most important causes were militarism, imperialism, and alliances. World War I started in 1914, and it started off when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. This was a global war centered in Europe which started July 28, 1914 and ended November 11, 1918. After World War I ended more than 9 million soldiers had been killed and about 21 million soldiers were wounded. The two nations that were effected most in the war were Germany and France. Also World War I marked the end of the four imperial dynasties which were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Turkey.
One underlying cause of World War I was militarism. Militarism is when nations invested heavily in their armed forces in order to remain stronger than one’s enemies. Well first Great Britain spent the most money on its navy so it could have a very strong military. Also Germany spent the most money on its army, to also have a very strong military. This evidence supports the claim that militarism was an underlying cause of the war because Germany had the strongest power on the continent. But the British navy was the strongest in the world. So obviously both countries, Germany and Great Britain, began to battle to see who had the strongest and most powerful military in the world.
A second underlying cause of World War I was imperialism. Imperialism is the extension of one nation’s control over other people. First Great Britain had 12,740,000 square miles which means that they had the biggest population in their colonies, in which there population was 400,000,000. France had the second most square miles, in which they had 4,440,000 square miles and had the second biggest population, in which they had 56,000,000. This evidence supports the claim that imperialism was an underlying cause of the war