Ww1 Dbq

World war one was one of the most impactful wars in history. WW1 was caused by multiple different events that occurred during the time period. Events that shaped the world as we know it today. Of these, imperialism was the most important. In documents E and F the topic is discussed. Document E was a piece of German propaganda that depicts the british empire as an octopus that retracts the resources from the earth. The expansion of empires creates a fear that nations with less colonial holdings will ultimately be left out of control in the future. If england overtakes the world’s resources, its economy, navy, and military will grow strong. Germany will be left with table scraps and will become a second-class nation. In Document F, it speaks about how forming alliances and building up arms are means to acquiring and holding onto colonial possessions. Alliances and arms build up should be seen as secondary causes. Without colonies, there would no have been the same pressing need for arms and alliances. The counter to this is that colony-based economic competition had gone on for years in europe without world war. Remove guns in 1914 and there would be no war. Access to more raw materials and greater numbers of people meant that these empires could create a greater number of arms and have a greater …show more content…
Document C is a chart that shows the growth of spending on armaments between 1890 and 1914. In document D, it informs that Von Bulow’s speech It started a basic philosophy of survival of the fittest: kill or be killed. The required an arms build-up because Germany lagged behind britain in arrangements. Alliances could help create a balance of power between groups of nations and help keep peace. Arms, on the other hand, we’re the hammer of war. A counter to this is that while arms led to war, alliances lead to the spreading of war. Arms were the kindling and alliances were the