plain the disruption of the fragile balance of power in Europe.
The balance of power was distributed in "two rival alliances, the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy and the Triple Entente of Russia, France, and Britain" by the beginning of the 20th century.
2. What drew the Great Powers of Europe into a general war by early August 1914?
Reasons that drew to the war included alliances with Germany and Russia, and with Russia came alliances with France and Britain in attempt to keep peace but failed, the assassination of the Serbian nationalist, and Serbian Slav nationalism which was seen as a threat "to the cohesion of their fragile multinational empire".
3. Besides alliances, what issues lay at the heart of, and contributed …show more content…
5. With whom did the Ottoman Empire ally itself in WWI?
The Ottoman Empire allied with Germany.
6. When and why did the United States join the war?
Joined in 1917 when "German submarines threatened American shipping".
7. In what ways did WWI mark new departures for countries around the globe in the history of the 20th century?
The authority of governments.
Governments authority expanded Immensely because of the need of "mobilization of each country's entire population". ex: "The German state... assumed such control over the economy that its policies became known as "war socialism".
In the European center of the conflict.
Deaths "among elite and well-educated groups, and physical destruction, especially in France, led to a widespread disillusionment among intellectuals with their own civilization". The war also also mocked the "Enlightenment values of progress, tolerance, and rationality".
In Russia Wars brought the distribution of revolutions which gave power to the Bolsheviks in 1917. this lead to the practice of communism in the 20th
The balance of power was distributed in "two rival alliances, the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy and the Triple Entente of Russia, France, and Britain" by the beginning of the 20th century.
2. What drew the Great Powers of Europe into a general war by early August 1914?
Reasons that drew to the war included alliances with Germany and Russia, and with Russia came alliances with France and Britain in attempt to keep peace but failed, the assassination of the Serbian nationalist, and Serbian Slav nationalism which was seen as a threat "to the cohesion of their fragile multinational empire".
3. Besides alliances, what issues lay at the heart of, and contributed …show more content…
5. With whom did the Ottoman Empire ally itself in WWI?
The Ottoman Empire allied with Germany.
6. When and why did the United States join the war?
Joined in 1917 when "German submarines threatened American shipping".
7. In what ways did WWI mark new departures for countries around the globe in the history of the 20th century?
The authority of governments.
Governments authority expanded Immensely because of the need of "mobilization of each country's entire population". ex: "The German state... assumed such control over the economy that its policies became known as "war socialism".
In the European center of the conflict.
Deaths "among elite and well-educated groups, and physical destruction, especially in France, led to a widespread disillusionment among intellectuals with their own civilization". The war also also mocked the "Enlightenment values of progress, tolerance, and rationality".
In Russia Wars brought the distribution of revolutions which gave power to the Bolsheviks in 1917. this lead to the practice of communism in the 20th