Alliances: The Most Important Cause Of World War I

The most important cause of World War I is alliances because countries felt threatened by enemy countries. Alliances were when two or more countries joined together to help each other and back each other up. There were many reasons for why the countries were mad at each other. For example, Austria- Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and declared war on them. Germany backed up Austria- Hungary while Russia backed up Serbia. Document #3, by John T. McCutcheon, a cartoonist, was made in August 1914 to show the war between each country. He shows men fighting to represent their country and win power and a dead woman in the back who is metaphorically meant to be Europe's peace. There are countries supporting