M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI
1914-1918
“The Great War”
“The war to end all wars”
“The first modern war”
Four main causes of World War I
The policy of building up or creating a large military
Having more and better weapons than everyone else.
1-How might militarism lead to conflict?
2-Why do you think Europeans might have been particularly alarmed by German militarism in the years before WWI?
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Formal friendship between nations, agreements to support each other
2-How might building alliances lead to conflict?
1-How might militarism be related to alliance building?
How does building an alliance between France and Russia help each country feel less threatened by German militarism?
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Empire building
Direct or indirect control of a country’s land, government, resources, etc.
1s and 2s-Identify two ways that imperialism might lend itself to conflict
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4.Nationalism
-Pride in one’s country
-In the extreme, belief that your own country is superior to all others
Nationalism-a second definition
2)Belief in a “nation-state”: belief that the boundaries of one’s “nation” or ethnic group (people who share the same language, culture, ancestry) should match up with the territorial borders of one’s “state”, or country. State should be governed by members of the nation.
Does a faraway country really represent the people?
Have we given our consent to be ruled?
Latin American revolutions/ wars of independence could also be called “nationalist conflicts”.
2-How does extreme nationalism (1rst definition) lead to conflict?
I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race.
-Englishman Cecil Rhodes
1-How might nationalism (2nd definition) lead to conflict?
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