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    To know the effects of WWI I’ll need to inform you about a few of the many causes that caused the Great War. On the twenty-eighth of June 1914 an Archduke by the name of Franz Ferdinand (Austrian) was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip and the two country’s from which they hail where already not in a good relationships so the assassination was just icing on the cake. Austria and Serbia both had powerful allies who were not ready for war and the allies had allies so it was as if…

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    How were WWI and WWII about nationalism and global power? Nationalism and global power were the main reason for the World Wars because it changed the political and social structure of the World. World War I caused alliances and in World War II those alliances joined together to defeat Hitler. Nationalism – the notion of belonging to an “imagined community” that could compel loyalty to a geographic entity larger than a locality, to the leaders of this larger nation, and to the symbols that…

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    Germany, and Austria-Hungary empires to fall. 5 million civilians also lost their life due to famine, disease, and the uncontrolled manner of fighting. The war is largely considered to be caused, or more accurately “sparked”. by the actions of Gavrilo Princip took on Sunday, 28 June 1914, at approximately 10:45 am. Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian. The killer was a member of the Black Hand. a terrorist/secret society in Serbia. The Central…

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    to 1918 I have learned that America joined WWI in 1917 because of the Zimmerman telegram. But WW1 bigane because of the killing Franz Ferdinand who was the was the hair of the Australian people .He was killed by the Serbian guy which name was Gavrilo Princip . After that Austria declared war against Serbia so Russia came and helped Serbia but when Germany knows about that ,they attacked Russia and France and the WW1 begun. The main reason that America joined world war one was the unrestricted…

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    How was the crippling Ottoman Empire who were on the verge of collapse, able to start a war that would change history forever? On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian Nationalist assassinated Franz Ferdinand, archduke of the Austria-Hungarian Empire, in Sarajevo, Bosnia. There were two major groups in Europe – on one side was the Triple Alliance consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy while their enemy was the triple Entente made of France, Russia and Great Britain. World War I is…

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    The direct cause of World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and wife Sophie on June 28, 1914. The assassination was done by a Siberian Nationalist terrorist group. The first attempt failed earlier in the day. Gavrilo Princip later accomplishes the group's goal There were other causes building up behind the scenes. They all played a role in what happened in World War 1. I believe the root cause was national competition. Competition factored in heavily. Imperialism played a role…

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    There are a lot of causes of the First World War, but the two main causes that led to it are nationalism and industrialization. Nationalism is a feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries. With that being said people acquire their identity from their nation and therefore owe their nation their loyalty. It can include religion, language, political authority and as well as traditions and…

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    World War One or the Great War took place from July 1914 to November 1918. This war caused tens of millions of casualties and the destruction of major dynasties. The war was between the Central Powers and the allies. These two sets of opponents had developed over the previous 50 years. The Central Powers included Austria-Hungary and Germany. The Allies included France, Great Britain, and Russia, then in 1915 Italy, and in 1917 United States. One of the things that made this war happen was the…

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    He was the heir to Austria’s throne but killed by Bosnian Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, who disagreed with Ferdinand’s dynastic centralism, Catholic conservatism, and little nationalist political views (Lind.). Austria- Hungary declares war on Serbia for the wrongful murder of Franz Ferdinand but at this time, only a conflict between…

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    The beginning of World War 1 had several causes; Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism and Alliances. Identify which two causes had the most significant impact and which had the least impact in your opinion. Use supporting evidence and examples to your opinion. Warning! Be careful not to write in first person and use words such as (I) A few of the causes of the first world war like imperialism and nationalism had the most significant impact in the beginning of World War 1, and others like…

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