One key contributor to World War I was the formation of alliances. By 1914 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy had formed an alliance, called the Triple Alliance and Great Britain, France and Russia had formed another alliance, called the Triple Entente. After the assassination the Archduke of Austria, Austria wants and apology from Serbia, this makes Serbia angry. Russia then promises Serbia help, making an alliance. On July 28 1914, Austria declares war on Austria-Hungary. Russia being alliance with Serbia then declares war on Austria-Hungary. Since Austria-Hungary was part of the Triple Alliance Germany goes and declares war on Russia. France and Great Britain then rush to their ally Russia’s side and declare war with Germany and Austria-Hungary. Because of the alliances a conflict between two countries grew into a war involving between eight European countries.…
Three Major Causes of WW1 There were a lot of reasons for the cause of WW1 but there were three in particular that were major reasons: militarism, alliances, and imperialism. Lots of wars were fought and some deadly more so than others. The underlying cause of WW1 was the war and the disagreements between countries. WW1 was a major war and disagreements between the countries were major problems. Militarism in my opinion was the biggest cause of WW1.…
Another cause of World War I is nationalism. Nationalism caused all countries to think they’re the best.it was competition between European countries. For example, the French had revenge against Germany. The French desire…
Another underlying cause of WWI were alliances because when alliances are made by certain countries, other countries are threatened and then they make their own alliances to have protection, then the previous alliance feels threatened by the new alliance. An example of this would be document 4, which is a political cartoon. It shows a bunch of men from different countries pointing at one another. They are accusing one another of starting the war. It also shows how countries would gang up on one country so the country getting pressured, gets help from other countries.…
Around the 1900s, there were ways that caused the war. In the following documents; Causes of WWI, Schenck vs. United States, Imperialism, and Isolationism this is how WWI all formed. In Doc 2, Causes of WWI, countries from all over the world formed together or separated from each other to prepare for the war. Austria Hungary and Germany, Russia and Serbia, and France and Russia all aligned together. Alliances are a double-edged sword because there are many different countries that have all different weapons to fighting against each other and different amount of people fighting from each country. In addition, European nations had divided into two opposing alliances. According to American History Textbook, the Central Powers were made up of Austria-Hungary,…
The Underlying Causes of WWI WWI--the battle of the world: Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, Belgium, Great Britain, Japan, Romania, China, and the United States. The nations were categorized as either Central Powers or Allies--the Central Powers included Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Germany, while the Allies involved the other stated regions above. The war was caused by numerous underlying reasons: the fight for more land and security over each other, propaganda directed toward opponents, thus resulting in a rise of tension, and the money spent on armaments. The battle for land, resources, and security, in my opinion, was the most detrimental drive behind the start of World War I.…
WW1 was a brutal battle that spread to many countries. Every country was trying to overpower each other and make everybody else like them. The 3 main causes of WW1 were militarism, alliances and nationalism; countries were building up there militaries, the alliances were surrounding another alliance, and nationalism was over ruling the countries. Militarism is a domino effect. One country starts to build up there their armies and other countries notice and start to build up there…
One of the main causes of World War one was the growing force of nationalism. Nationalism is the large numbers of people feeling that people have of being loyal and proud of their country with the belief of that the country is better than other countries.This nationalism created a fierce competition and rivalry between Europe's power.…
were four main causes of world war I: Imperialism. Militarism, Nationalism, and Allies. The two sides of the war grew to be the Central powers and the Allies. In the beginning of the war America responded with neutrality, the preparedness movement and the peace movement. Germany had pulled to many strings over time and America had enough.…
Over time, countries throughout Europe made mutual defense agreements that would pull them into battle. If one country was attacked, allied countries were bound to defend them. Tensions over territories were a major cause for the war. What happened with WW1 was Austria-Hungary wanted territory in the Balkins but so did Serbia so Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia; Russia got involved to defend Serbia. Germany seeing Russia mobilizing, declared war on Russia. France was then drawn in against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany attacked France through Belgium pulling Britain into war. Then Japan entered the war. Later, Italy and the United States would enter on the side of the allies. Another cause of war many believed was Imperialism, Countries such as the United Kingdom and France accumulated great wealth in the late 19th century through their control of trade in foreign resources, markets, territories, and people. Other countries, such as Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Russia all hoped to do so as well in economic advantage. Their frustrated ambitions created tensions, the limits of natural resources in many European nations began to slowly alter trade balance, and make national industries seek new territories rich in natural resources. The arms race (another cause for war) is when 1 or more parties compete to have the best armed forces. By…
A second cause of World War I was imperialism. Imperialism is the policy of extending one country’s rule over many lands. (Document#6) The political and military leaders, of the European countries, did certain things which lead to the mobilization and to the declaration of war or failed to do certain things which might have prevented war. (Document#2) An Alliance System is a close association of nations for a common objective. The Alliance System included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. They allowed a small conflict to quickly involve many countries. The last cause of World War I was nationalism. Nationalism is a feeling for one’s land and people that helped fuel pride in people’s actions.…
The first underlying cause of WWI was imperialism. That is where large superpower countries do into smaller countries. A good example is the Great Roman Empire that was taking over smaller countries for 2,214 years. Germany and Great Britain were the two power countries trying to establish control in Africa and Asia. Due to rebellions of the native people and interferences by each other and other countries, they were not entirely successful. This lack of cooperation between European countries in the attempt to govern and control weaker states so as to use their products for trade caused tension, and finally after it built up to a certain point, war was the only option left. Other countries were aware and getting nervous, which brings up the next cause the alliance systems.…
One of the underlying causes of world war one was the allying of nations. An alliance is an agreement made between two countries to give each other help if needed. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy and the ottomans formed alliances. Russia, France, and England were worried that these nations were too powerful so they too formed a triple entente. Each place was blamed for the start of the war for different reasons. Austria was blamed for the war because they were the first to attack and Germany was blamed because of the blank check. Russia was blamed because they prepared the troops to help Serbia, France…
Imperialist is considered a primary cause of war. With Europe’s growing economy and wealth, rivalries and competition for colonies among European nations were more accepted which ultimately led to unrest. Before the war, Europe was growing prosperity and peace. By 1900’s European powers were in control of most African, Asian, and other continents, showing strong ideas of imperialism. While imperialism showcased European strength it also revealed its dependency. Each country’s prosperity hinged on its ability to maintain and expand its colonial empire. This has created competition among imperialist powers for foreign territory. The British felt endangered by Germany’s fast economic growth. Quickly after that, Germany’s new modern factories largely out produced Britain’s older ones. This was a strong economic reason for Britain to oppose Germany in any disagreement. Territiorial disputes was also an ongoing problem with European countries as the leasders wanted more land and didn’t know who owned land was being taken all the times. Imperialism also divided European nations.…
The most meaningful cause of the first world war the alliances. A map of European alliances from 1914 was created by various sources (Map created from various sources). It shows the alliances in Europe during the beginning of World War One. This map shows that alliances were made frequently in 1914 and caused many countries to enter the Austrian-Serbian war that turned into the Great War.…