World War I‚ one of the most devastating wars in the 20th century‚ which took place in July 28‚ 1914 and lasted until November 11‚ 1918. No one knows for sure what causes the war‚ but the top four answers are Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism. I strongly believe that Nationalism has been the cause of the first world war. Nationalism seems to be the start of WWI because everyone shows loyalty and support to their country‚ even during hard times‚ which supports their leaders and makes
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World war one was one of the darkest times in our history. There were many horrors associated with world war one that weren’t associated with other wars due to advances in technology. Additionally‚ fear was also a major factor during the war‚ as people constantly feared for their lives. To make matters worse‚ the soldiers that fought in the war lacked the proper motivation after everything they have experienced. World war one was horrific‚ frightening‚ and unfortunate war that nobody wanted to fight
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As previously mentioned‚ Lafore emphasizes that the primary cause of World War I was the tensions created in the Balkans‚ especially between Austria and Russia. I agree with Lafore’s conclusion that Austria-Hungary’s ethnic makeup was behind much of the problems that the empire faced. As he reiterates‚ these ethnic groups often clashed with the government‚ on the basis of establishing a nation-state for their nationality. There had been significant nationalistic movements throughout Austria-Hungary
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World war one ran from 1914-1918 which was also known as the Great War. It was also known as the first modern war and the reasoning behind it is because of all the new technology that was used‚ such as submarines‚ tanks‚ machine guns. It was estimated that in that four year time period there were 10 million deaths. When the Serbians assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Austria-Hungary viewed this as a threat. Germany decided to help out Austria-Hungary‚ and Russia was allies with Serbia
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Franz Ferdinand: In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was a trigger for WW1‚ but imperialism‚ nationalism‚ militarism and alliances were the major causes of WW1. Many countries had strong interest to expand their empire by colonizing smaller countries. A good example of this was the colonization of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary‚ which eventually led to the killing of Franz Ferdinand. While imperialists felt that they had the right to colonize other countries
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Without the U.S. getting involved in WW1‚ the Allied forces would had probably lost to Central Powers late in the war. The U.S.‚ although not in the war for long‚ joined just in time to play a very crucial and effect part in victory for the Allies. The United States of America may had just been the main reason the Allied Forces were in a good enough shape to stay in the war. The direct cause of World War One was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28‚ 1914. But many see the large
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The plague infected Europe with outbreaks beginning in the mid-fourteenth century and was met with many different reactions. These reactions included fear‚ curiosity‚ and even spite. Through these responses and general insecurity from the plague‚ superstitions and other theories formed so people could try to make sense of what was going on. Fear of the plague would be an understandable reaction‚ considering that they had no idea what was going on or how to cure it. Eventually believing that the
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newborn Americans) perceived the function of government and the most effective ways of governing. The French Revolution had many long term and short term causes and effects‚ and was one of the most violent periods in the history of the country. There were many factors that contributed to the spark of the revolution. There were three main causes of the French Revolution: gross mishandling of governing duties and incompetence in the leadership of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ the large and very
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How far did WW1 change the position of the Liberal Party in 1918? WW1 changed the position of the LIberal Party significantly because of many factors. One major change would have been Asquith stepping down as leader. This was because he was seen as not being able to lead the war‚ the public disliked the way in his methods with events such as the Shell crisis which led to thousands of unneeded deaths. This was were Lloyd George took over as he was seen fit to lead this war‚ or control the many
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interest in rebuilding with African-American slaves. Both sides contributed to the death of reconstruction although the South had been more at fault. The South and North were definitely the focal killers of reconstruction since they both had many causes to the downfall of reconstruction. The South was one of the main reasons they could not reconstruct their new society. They had just been the stubborn side since they did not want to reconstruct with equality. They had clubs and clans opposing the
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