Secondly‚ the imperialistic ambitions of major powers stirred up jealousy and tension. European imperialism in Africa created tensions in that Germany felt left out of territory in the region. For example‚ in “1884‚ German leader Otto von Bismarck called the Berlin Conference‚ which had the European powers meet to discuss the division of Africa” (Beck‚ 2017). The scramble for Africa kindled a sense of rivalry and resentment among nations. All the powers wanted to own more territories than
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empire declared war on Serbia. Before the assassination‚ many other factors played part in starting the Great War. One of the most significant was Germany’s role in leading up to the war. Otto von Bismarck established Germany as a dominate power in Europe. With that being said‚ Germany isolated France. After Bismarck established Germany‚ he aligned himself with Austria-Hungary and Russia in 1873. Although they aligned‚ there was a rivalry so the alliance didn’t hold so he had to align with someone else
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The Causes of World War I WWI began in Europe on the 28th of July 1914 and lasted until the 11th of November 1918. This war was a significant and dramatic event that was sparked by a number of long term and short term causes. Each of these causes had its own impact‚ some more important than others. Militarism is the belief of a government or people that a country should keep and maintain a strong military that is capable and prepared to defend their nations or attack their enemies. “Militarism was
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disagreements‚ fears and envies that had been accumulating since the Bismarck system of alliances collapsed‚ and even before then. This last opinion is becoming more accepted as the one that describes the true importance of the actual alliance system as a cause of the war. In order to determine the importance of the alliance system as a cause for the war we must first explore the origins of these alliances. We will take high-point of the Bismarck system in 1878 as our starting point as the Franco-Prussian
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Bibliography: Aydelotte‚ W. O.‚ Bismarck and British Colonial Policy (Philadelphia: Blackwell Publishing‚ 1937) Fenby‚ Jonathan‚ The Long Nineteenth Century (New York: NY‚ Routledge‚ 2002) (London: Routledge 1994) Weber‚ Eugene‚ Stanford University Press‚ 1976)
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Prince Klemens von Metternich: His Ideology‚ his Role in History‚ and the Stories we Tell. Metternich was an extremely intelligent man who turned his conservative beliefs into international policy. Metternich was a confident leader who put little faith in popular opinion or sentiment because he believed that the common man was too fickle in his loyalties and too inept to understand the magnitude of foreign policy. He was a loyal "servant" to the Austrian Emperor‚ even though Metternich was the
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helped to establish banks‚ factories‚ and railroads and improved trade with other countries such as the Netherlands‚ Germany‚ and Switzerland. These nationalistic type qualities were a force of unity because it brought these countries together. Otto von Bismarck shows these types of qualities as well. However‚ he used war to consolidate his realm. The series of wars that he creates turns it a powerful German Empire‚ which then leads to even more unity within that
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World War I‚ the war’s real origins lie further back‚ in the complex web of alliances and counterbalances that developed between the various European powers after the defeat of France and formation of the German state under the leadership of Otto von Bismarck in 1871. So why exactly did a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia spiral out of control and become a European war in 1914? Franz Ferdinand had limited political influence. He was Emperor Franz Joseph’s nephew‚ and became the heir when Franz
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for World War I in 1914. Militarism‚ or the expansion of a country’s military to wage war‚ established feelings of caution and apprehensiveness among countries. After the fallout from the invasions of the Napoleonic and Franco-Prussian Wars‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ founder of the German Empire‚ felt it was necessary to isolate France to keep them weak and started to build up the German military. In the year 1914 Germany spent roughly 90 million British pounds on military weapons and equipment‚ 65 million
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explosion‚ but the fuse had been burning for a long while. The major European nations (Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ and Russia) believed that if the nations were balanced‚ then war could be prevented (www.sanjuan.edu).Germany and its leader‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ felt that being in the middle of two powerful nations (France and Russia) would not be wise‚ so he actively sought out to make an alliance with at least one of them. When that eventually failed‚ he formed an alliance with Austria-Hungary and
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