on World War I‚ from its earliest days through the formation of the peace agreement reached following the war‚ was nationalism. Prior to World War I‚ tensions were high in Europe. In many nations‚ such as Serbia‚ there was a large growth of nationalism and a desire for an independent state and strengthening of said state. The conflicts that arose from this desire led in part‚ to WWI. Nationalism reached its zenith during the tumultuous days of the early twentieth century‚ leading up to World War
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other lands is called imperialism. By 1900‚ Britain had control in over five continents and France had control of large portions of Africa as a result of imperialism and felt that their military could not be beat. Once the country controlled a market‚ they could raise or lower the price of goods and control who traded there. These new rules helped increase tension and the countries controlling the market felt that they had the most power. In addition‚ while some
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World War One was the final and explosive culmination of rising tensions within Europe‚ a result of the surge in nationalist ideology and related principles. During the years preceding the start of the war‚ the world was experiencing a division between states based on culture‚ ethnicity‚ and societal norms-- these attributes unified and formed identities of the collective within these states. Nationalism played a large role in shaping international relations during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
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World War II was started by nationalism‚ militarism imperialism‚ and alliances. Militarism‚ imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and alliances all made Japan‚ Germany‚ and Italy to start the war. Japan‚ Germany‚ and Italy were brought into the war by nationalism. Nationalism means patriotic feeling‚ principles‚ or efforts. Nationalism started World War II when Hitler wanted to rebuild Germany when Hitler took power. He said that that the Jews were the source of evil and ruining the country. The reason
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Militarism is a key component to World War I as the countries began to compete for having the best military. Prince Bernhard Von Bulow said to the Reichstag “In the coming century the German nation will either be the hammer or the anvil.” In the 1900s‚ the Germans could be either the destroyer or the destroyed. This caused people to want to build the military so their country would not be crushed. The need to survive caused an arms race‚ the german spending having a steep increase in spending. In
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One cause of World War I was Militarism. Germany had an industrialized military and spent millions of dollars trying improve and prepare them for war. Many other countries seen this newfound competition and started to try and rebuild their armies and navy so they could keep up. With Germany’s new and improved army‚ they started to gain confidence and were convinced that they could win a war. Germany was very focused on utilizing their army. As soon as the war declared‚ Germany without a doubt didn’t
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Imperialism in World War 1 Imperialism was one of the four contributing factors to the cause of World War One‚ along with secret alliances‚ militarism‚ and nationalism. It is the most important cause of WW1‚ because it created a build-up of tension in Europe and outside of Europe‚ and through imperialism‚ the three other causes were able to affect the beginnings of the war. Imperialism is defined as the governing of one people by another country‚ which was a recurring dilemma prior to WW1 due
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Imperialism is one of the main causes of the First World War. Imperialism is the increasing competition and desire for larger empires. The British empire was by far the largest of the empire in the late nineteenth century. Many leaders during this time saw a race to acquire the last territories open for colonization. This urgency to colonize led to several diplomatic incidents and fuelled rivalry between France‚ Germany‚ and Britain. In 1908‚ Austria-Hungary took over the province of Bosnia which
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The end of the 19th century was an important time for Europe and its nations. Nations had become industrialized thanks to the industrial revolution‚ and were making advances in science every passing day. It was a different than Europe 100 years ago. It seemed every country had changed‚ and become extremely political. Imperialism was growing in Europe as well‚ the foreign policy of almost every main country. 30 years before‚ the large Prussian army invaded France and took a fair amount of their land
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World War I broke out across the continent of Europe causing massive destruction along the way. A war like this did not just simply happen overnight‚ it had many preconditions and precipitants that lead to the whole continent getting into a World War. There were four major ideas that led the nations of Europe to take up arms against each other. The precipitants include the death of France Ferdinand all the way to the declaration of war. These major ideas were nationalism‚ imperialism‚ technology
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