Paige Powers Per.5th 4/1/17 The Great War World War 1 was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ who was the royal prince of Austro-Hungarian. This pinned the Central powers(Germany‚ Austro-Hungarian and‚ The Ottoman Empire) against the Allied powers(Russia‚Great Britain‚ France‚ and Serbia). Many countries around the world blamed Serbian government for the attack of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ Serbian government funded the weapons
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Alliances are important in any war because the members of alliance will support the country when support is needed. Alliances involve teaming up against another side to the battle‚ and this forces that side to ally with other countries to fight‚ this leading up to WWI. However nationalism in the Balkans may have also lead up to WWI‚ due to the growing pride from the different ethnic groups living in the Balkan ‚in which they revolted and weakened the Ottoman Empire. Although Militarism could have
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Causes of World War 1 Vocab Term Definition Significance 1. Kaiser William II He was the emperor of Germany. He became emperor after his father died in March 1880‚ dismissing Bismarck from being chancellor of Germany. Kaiser William II is significant because he played a big role in the causes of WW1. He was very into making Germany powerful and to have Germany in “its rightful place in the sun”. Because of his very pro-Germany actions‚ it caused the other European powers to worry that
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Most Responsible For the Cold War The Cold War was a war that was fought after the end of WW2. It was between two countries that were considered “superpowers” because they were the two strongest countries left after WW2. The Soviet Union was the country that provoked the Cold War by invading the surrounding countries to its west. According to document one three reasons why the Cold War was fought was because of Spheres of influence‚ Ideology‚ and Military factor. During WW2 both the Soviet Union
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There are several causes to have started the war in July of 1914. The biggest being the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie‚ this led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. The underlying causes are far more important in forcing Europe to forcing war upon itself. The four underlying causes of World War 1 are: Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism. Among other causes such as: territorial‚ political‚ and economic‚ the importance of these are not as large
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Causes of War War is an openly declared state of organized conflict‚ most often characterized by extreme aggression‚ societal disruption‚ and high mortality. As a sinful world‚ warlike tendencies are found in all species. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. When there is an absence of war‚ it is called peace. War generally involves two or more organized groups or parties (often‚ nations). Such a conflict is always an attempt at altering either the
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After the war Italy was left humiliated‚ as not only did it fail to get the lands that it wanted‚ but Italy failed in its second purpose for joining the war‚ which was to unite the people. Therefore Italy suffered what can be called a “Mutilated Victory”‚ which was a term invented by Gabriele D’Annunzio. The term ”Mutilated Victory” can be best defined as the aftermath of the First World War for the Italy‚ this term was invented by Gabriele D’Annunzio as a result of Italy not gaining all the lands
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It is an international system of states‚ multinational corporations‚ and organizations that began with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Sovereignty is a term that is frequently misused.[5] Up until the 19th century‚ the radicalised concept of a "standard of civilisation" was routinely deployed to determine that certain peoples in the world were "uncivilised"‚ and lacking organised societies. That position was reflected and constituted in the notion that their "sovereignty" was either completely lacking
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World War 1 (1914-1918) was one of the bloodiest wars in all of history‚ which ended with around 40 million casualties‚ and was commonly known as “a war of attrition” which was basically a war to test who could survive the longest. In this war there were two main opposing forces‚ the central powers‚ consisting of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and The Ottoman Empire. The second opposing force was the allied powers‚ which consisted of Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Russia‚ and the United States. Although World
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Communism‚ weather people say it or not was the main cause of the Cold War. The Cold War started because Russia and China wanted to spread communism to every country of the world. The U.S wanted to stop this from happening. Even though it was considered a war it didn’t actually have any fighting between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The U.S. decided we did not want to have communism in our country. Karl Marx‚ the “creator” of communism created a pamphlet called the communist manifesto which explained
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