protect the soldiers from most of the bullets). The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand is the official start of World War I‚ but there were three main causes. The three main causes of World War I were militarism‚ imperialism‚ and alliances. One of the main causes of World War I was militarism. Militarism is the belief that a country and its people should maintain and support a strong military. This lead to Britain and Germany increasing their armies because the more one country built up the their
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There were a lot of reasons for the cause of WW1 but there were three in particular that were major reasons: militarism‚ alliances‚ and imperialism. Lots of wars were fought and some deadly more so than others. The underlying cause of WW1 was the war and the disagreements between countries. WW1 was a major war and disagreements between the countries were major problems. Militarism in my opinion was the biggest cause of WW1. For instance‚ in 1914 on Document C it shows Germany with the biggest
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christmas. During world war 1 millions of soldiers and civilians died.There was tension between countries and there was tension between people living in the same country. One can trace the major causes of World War 1 to imperialism‚ alliances and militarism. Although‚ Imperialism was one of the most important causes of WW1. Because countries such as Britain was colonizing Africa‚ India and other countries‚ other countries such as Germany wanted the power brought on by imperialism and also wanted colonies
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Were German Militarism and Diplomacy Responsible for World War I? I don’t think that German Militarism and Diplomacy was responsible for World War I. I think that every country that was involved played a part in the start of World War I. Although Germany did play a role in the start of World War I‚ you can’t solely blame them. As disagreements occurred‚ countries banned together and formed the great powers. On page 138 it states‚ “Germany and her allies were held accountable for the war and all
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there was three general underlying causes of WWl‚ alliances‚ arms race or militarism‚ and imperialism. Out of the three root causes of WWl alliances were one of the most significant reasons. Wednesday august 5th‚ 1914 a newsletter was released depicting nations‚ England‚ Russia‚ France‚ Italy‚ Austria‚ Belgium‚ Serbia‚ and Germany is pointing at each other as an act to cast blame. This showed the
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causes of World War One‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ and imperialism. There are many reasons why imperialism was one of the causes of World War One. Right before the first world war many of the european countries were busy taking over countries. Germany‚ being one of those countries‚ was quite jealous of the amount of land other countries were getting. In a speech spoken by Bern von Bulow‚ the German Chancellor‚ said “England has
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the Balkans‚ and Militarism. The leading cause of the beginning of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It happened in June 1914 by a group that went by the name of the Black Hand. With a failed first attempt to kill him and his wife they walked with caution for the remainder of the day‚ until a successful second attempt managed to kill him. With him and his wife dead everyone went into panic‚
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The treaties of the time conflicted with the growing popularity of imperialism. In the general populace resides the third cause‚ as the conflict between alliance and growth is not enough without people to fight for the country at war that is were militarism comes in. The countries of the world had been stockpiling weapons for decades. Motivated by pride many people decided to aid in the fight for their country or the right to be such in the case of the slavic people. World war I was inevitable because
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I World War I was a destructive and horrible war. It lasted from 1914 to 1918. The causes of WWI were alliances‚ militarism‚ and imperialism. What do you think was the underlying cause of WWI? The idea of the term underlying simply means the main idea. Also‚ the definition of the word cause in this case meant the reasons WWI began. The three causes of WWI were alliances‚ militarism‚ and imperialism‚ however the main cause was imperialism. One of the 3 causes of WWI was alliances. Bismarck created
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been blamed as the catalyst for WWI (Spielvogel Book). The major players in WWI were the Triple Entente- Britain‚ France‚ Russia and the Triple Alliance- Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy. The reason for the assassination was because of Nationalism‚ Militarism and the Alliance that played the biggest part. Learning about WWI helps us understand todays conflicts because for example the geographic lines that were drawn after WWI in the middle east is a huge driver of modern conflicts with the fall of the
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