Causes Of Wwi Dbq

Around the 1900s, there were ways that caused the war. In the following documents; Causes of WWI, Schenck vs. United States, Imperialism, and Isolationism this is how WWI all formed. In Doc 2, Causes of WWI, countries from all over the world formed together or separated from each other to prepare for the war. Austria Hungary and Germany, Russia and Serbia, and France and Russia all aligned together. Alliances are a double-edged sword because there are many different countries that have all different weapons to fighting against each other and different amount of people fighting from each country. In addition, European nations had divided into two opposing alliances. According to American History Textbook, the Central Powers were made up of Austria-Hungary,
Schenk argued that the Espionage Act violated his first Amendment for the right to free speech. The Supreme Court stated that the right of free speech was not protected when it created a ‘Clear and Present Danger’ to the nation. The right to have a free speech should be used if protesting or against someone’s saying in something. But in this case, not always. This is because, if anyone gets accused of saying or spreading something someone mentioned and it gets out into the public, then a ‘Clear and Present Danger’ would be formed. Next, in Doc. 5 Imperialism, Europe at the turn of the 20th century was highly competitive with each other. Imperialism is when weaker areas politically, economically, culturally, and socially gets dominated by a stronger country. For example, Europe was attempting to grab as much territory as possible from Africa and Asia. However, Imperialism was a double-edged sword. This was because on one hand, it provided Europe with military/naval bases, resources, and foreign markets to buy European goods. This unhealthy competition led to a ‘winner-take-all’ mentality which pit country against country for prestige and power. Finally in