Triple Alliance

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. As shown in Document A, the countries had a large divide amongst them that went to prove…

by its alliances. Before the start of the war, Germany had instigated the Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy. The Triple Alliance was extremely powerful because it stated that the countries part of the alliance were obligated to assist each other in a time of war. If one country were to declare war on another country or another country were to declare war on them, the allies must supply troops and materials as if they were in a war as well. On June 28 1914, soon after the alliance…

Imperialism was a belief that a country must expand and take over other weak nations to be powerful/successful. The British Octopus illustrates that the Germans are trying to convince other people that the British are trying to imperialist Europe; and the Germans should declare a war to stop them, because the British octopus’s tentacles are stretched over Europe towards North America and other continents. This primary source helps explain imperialization was an underlying cause of the war…

of Neoliberalism and Neorealism discussed throughout this, it seems clear that Neorealism best explains the conflict as through the failure of the alliances in keeping the peace in Europe. Through the fear of the other alliance overpowering the other, the issue of the security dilemma only increased as Germany feared for the future in which the alliances were no longer equals. This fear of other nations eventually overpowering your own nation, even when international bodies make it appear as…

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. In Document A the alliances are…

war on Serbia. The war then expanded because of alliances formed prior. The…

Central Powers which contained Germany and Austria-Hungary. Many soldiers were in trenches waiting for the long days to go by. Soon countries all over the world were involved in the war one way or another. The Great War was caused by Militarism and Alliances that created many unnecessary problems in the world. Militarism is the glorification that a country should have a strong and prepared army. It was a great effect during World War I because many countries were willing to put an abundant…

of World War 1 (DBQ) World War 1 is an important war, we learned some great lessons from it. The thing is, how did the war start. The war started from three main things that triggered and counteracted with each other. Those three things are the alliance systems, nationalism, and militarism also imperialism played a little part as well. The war sparked in the Austria-Hungary empire, when the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb named…

“As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not” (Pearson). World War I took the lives of millions of people, but was this war preventable or not? World War I was not preventable because of Militarism, Alliances, and Imperialism. Militarism is one of the most reasons that made World War I unpreventable. Firstly Militarism lead to organized armies and new powerful weapons were created by the largest European countries. Also most of the countries at the time had military…

forming of alliances of many European countries and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. World War One destroyed countries, families and killed over seventeen million people and wounded over twenty million people from all over the world. One of the main long term causes of World War One is Imperialism. “Imperialism is a policy that exists when a powerful nation has political, economic and social cultural control over other…