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M.A.I.N. CAUSES OF WWI
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M.A.I.N. Causes Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism
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Militarism When a nation’s armed forces come to
dominate a country’s national policy. It is also a glorification of the military and war itself.
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Alliance Signed treaties in which each nation
involved pledges to defend the other if attacked by an aggressor. Basically, countries agreed to help each other.
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Imperialism Domination by one country over the political,
economic or cultural life of another country or region. Due to the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s, some European nations had a large portion of the world under their control. Think colonies!
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Europe during World War I
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Nationalism *Pride and patriotism in one’s nation.
*In terms of WWI, nationalism became aggressive and subsequently (because of this) a major cause of international tension.
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Think about this question
The Powder Keg On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian, assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungarian Throne Think about this question How was this one event so important to the beginning of World War I?
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