The years 1914 to 1918 were highly influential to history. This period of time became known as World War One, often referred to as “The Great war.” These four years would lead to drastic upcoming events centered in Europe. Creating a balance of power was not enough to prevent combat. More than 10 million lives of combatants and civilians lives were taken. In addition to the assassination of Archduke sparking the war, Alliances, Militarism, and Imperialism were the underlying causes of WWI.
One underlying cause of WWI was the formation of alliances. The two opposing alliances consisted of the Allies and the Central Powers. Germany, Serbia, Italy and Austria-Hungary were part of the Triple Alliance which was the core of the central powers. Also, Russia, France and the United Kingdom were part of the Triple Entente, which was the core of the allies. (Document A) These two groups of countries had promises of support between each other. The most important alliance was Germany helping Austria Hungary no matter what, in a promise called the blank check. After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria Hungary retalleed against Serbia with the support of Germany. In document B, countries were specifically blaming Germany …show more content…
This is when a stronger country takes over smaller nations for economic or political benefits. Since they were competing for land, they would often get mad over the fact that other countries had more. In document E, it shows a map and lines (paths) leading to Great Britain. This is trying to say that England was going to take over, because of their big territory of land, also shown in Document F. It states that Britain has 12,740,000 square miles of land,and 400,000,0000 population of Colonies, while the other countries don’t nearly even have half of that. This made England more powerful, and led the rest of the countries to dislike them, creating a bad relationship, and causing
One underlying cause of WWI was the formation of alliances. The two opposing alliances consisted of the Allies and the Central Powers. Germany, Serbia, Italy and Austria-Hungary were part of the Triple Alliance which was the core of the central powers. Also, Russia, France and the United Kingdom were part of the Triple Entente, which was the core of the allies. (Document A) These two groups of countries had promises of support between each other. The most important alliance was Germany helping Austria Hungary no matter what, in a promise called the blank check. After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria Hungary retalleed against Serbia with the support of Germany. In document B, countries were specifically blaming Germany …show more content…
This is when a stronger country takes over smaller nations for economic or political benefits. Since they were competing for land, they would often get mad over the fact that other countries had more. In document E, it shows a map and lines (paths) leading to Great Britain. This is trying to say that England was going to take over, because of their big territory of land, also shown in Document F. It states that Britain has 12,740,000 square miles of land,and 400,000,0000 population of Colonies, while the other countries don’t nearly even have half of that. This made England more powerful, and led the rest of the countries to dislike them, creating a bad relationship, and causing