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Explore the main causes of world war 1 through key terms and definitions, including militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand, stalemate on the western front, divided loyalties, interventionism, internationalism, german confiscation, german blockade, sinking of lusitania, and u.s entry into the war.
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What are the 4 MAIN causes of WW ? M -Militarism-Created a arms race and leaders began getting ready for a war A lliances-Triple Alliance -Germany, A-H and Italy Triple Entente- Britain, France and Russia I mperialism- Countries competed for land and resources N ationalism- Countries were starting to get viewed as one ethnic group,which caused trouble for the foreign born citizens because of national superiority TERM 2 What event sparks the beginning of the war? DEFINITION 2 The assassination of the Archduke.He was killed because some people thought that Bosnia belonged to Serbia TERM 3 What were 2 reasons why a stalemate develop on the Western Front? DEFINITION 3 Defensive weapons were better then offensive weapons Generals forced attacks not thinking of the new technology TERM 4 Why did Americans have divided loyalties about the war before we join? DEFINITION 4 Most Americans were foreign born and they sided with the countries they were born in TERM 5 Why did most Americans side with Britain and France? DEFINITION 5 Because Britian spoke the same language as us and tje same heritage and France helped us in Revolutionary war
What did the isolationist believe? They thought war was none of our business and we should isolate ourselves for it TERM 7 What did the interventionist believe ? DEFINITION 7 U.S should intervene on the side of the allies TERM 8 What did the internationalists believe? DEFINITION 8 U.s should take an active rule in world affairs and work towards peace NOT war TERM 9 What were they( Germany) allowed to confiscate? DEFINITION 9 Contraband such as Weapons and other war materials TERM 10 Why did Germany start using their own blockade? and What ship did they sink in 1915? DEFINITION 10 They started using U-Boats and they sunk the Passenger ship Lusitania