World War I is oftentimes seen as a horrific incident within mankind’s history. In fact, this conflict, that involved many global superpowers, is often seen as a major event that compromised the lives of millions of individuals. Document a shows that the three to four years of conflict led to famine, sickness, and death that was greater than the thirty years war. Furthermore, throughout the early 20th century, the exploitation of raw materials from colonies was becoming increasingly important, however, many of these nations needed to quickly absorb territories. Document Q makes it clear that concerns over national security led to many changes throughout this era that led to World War I. While the First World War had many underlying causes,…
Also nationalism made people think that war was a good idea because it would not only show power and allow a country to gain power. Also, many ethnic groups wanted to become their own nation, for example slavic minorities in the Balkans. Another way nationalism helped cause the war was issues within a nation. Some leaders would use war to distract the citizens from any problems they might be having in their own country. The final cause of the war was the only immediate cause, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.…
World War I World War I started in the summer of 1914. Most of the war took place in Europe. The war was long and lasted four years. World War I was unlike any previous wars.…
Emily Gray Mr. Tester DBQ 18 2 March 2015 Causes of World War One Starting in July 1914, many countries in Europe went to war. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the nephew of Francis Joseph, on June 18, 1914 was what ultimately sparked World War I. Ferdinand was shot by Gavrilo Princip, who was part of the Serbian terrorist group commonly known as the Black Hand. Other factors such as the Alliances, Militarism and arms race, and Nationalism are just a few of the reasons for the widespread outbreak known as World War One.…
In the beginning, the troops marched confidently onto the battlefield of their own death. The tension ran high between countries which started the tragedies of World War I in the summer of 1914. Europe was badly shaken due to the death of 10 million soldiers and another 20 million wounded. The war was primarily fought in Europe for four lengthy years. It is safe to say that the deadly global war had many movements.…
Throughout history, historians have debated on the cause of WWI, whether it was militarism or imperialism. In my opinion, the cause of this war was the secret alliances between the countries. While doing the packet, I was able to infer that the cause was alliances because of the fights caused by the secret friendships. Though there were other attributes to the cause of the war, I believe that the leading cause of World War I was definitely the unknown alliances.…
World War I was a significant and greatly corrosive war because it took everything away from the Germans, causing their economy to gradually decline, and eventually leading to the beginning of World War II. The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke, Franz Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary believed that the Serbians were the reprehensible group for committing this act because they knew Serbia was angered by the upcoming annexation of territories they believe should be theirs. After the assassination, chaos began to set in as countries allied together and, in a confusing sequence of events, declared war on other countries for their own personal reasons and benefits.…
Main Causes of World War 1 There are a lot of things that factor in when discussing what caused World War 1. The main causes of World War 1 was; militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Some things that led to these factors was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. His assassination triggered the outbreak of WWI.…
There were various underlying and immediate causes of World War One. The difference between underlying and immediate is an underlying cause is a long term event that indirectly leads to a specific event, and an immediate cause is a short term event and leads directly to another event or series of events. While the immediate cause of World War One was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, there were three main underlying causes. They are Alliances, Militarism, and Nationalism. Alliances, a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.…
The WW1 cause where the MAIN Witch where the Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. Imperialism grew rapidly at the end of the 1800s in Europe. The need for natural resources grew. The United States was eager to join the competition…
Britain declared war on Germany to support its allies. On the 4th of August 1914, Australia, New Zealand and Canada joined Britain. By the 12th of August 1914 the world was at war. The three main causes of the Great War were imperialism, nationalism and militarism.…
Major Causes of WW1 World War One was a war between the Triple Entente alliance (Russia, France, Great Britain) and the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy). There were several causes of The Great War. Although there were many causes of the First World War, technology, nationalism, and imperialism were the most prominent and most important. Technology triggered WW1 with the arms race.…
There were four main causes of World War I: Militarism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Treaties and Alliances. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was only a short-term cause of the war and therefore caused the countries to declare war on other countries without much background knowledge or historical events. The four main causes had been seen throughout the years leading up to the war. Prior to the start of World War I, many European nations had been building up their military strength, this was considered Militarism. This was mainly to protect their colonies.…
The underlying causes of World War 1 were alliances, nationalism, and powerlust. One of the underlying causes of World War 1 was the alliances. When Russia, France and the United Kingdom began making alliance this made the surrounding countries feel threatened. Since some countries were left out of the alliances, they felt uneasy about the situation. There wasn’t a war going on but they felt as though this would be the start of one.…
Causes of WW1 Many believe that the sole cause of the First World War was nationalism. A common thought about the cause of the war is that “The growth and outpouring of nationalism in Europe in the 1800’s and early 1900’s is the overall cause of the First World War. It impacted most, if not all, of the other causes of the war.” However, when returning to the beginning of the series of events that led to the war, it’s quite obvious that nationalism played a role in the commencement of the war, however the very first incident was not caused by nationalism, but rather assassination.…