Great War Dbq

This paper focuses on the underlying causes of world war I instead of just immediate causes. In this article, I will answer the question what were the underlying causes of world war I. ("DBQ: What Were the Underlying ...", 2010, p. Doc 1) Some of these causes consist of militarism, nationalism, and imperialism. The immediate causes of the war were the ones that set it off but the underlying causes are the ones that had been building up over time. ("DBQ: What Were the Underlying ...", 2010, p. Doc 1)

World War I had occured between July 1914 and November 11,1918. The war had been caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. When a Serbian terrorist had drove by shooting him, and his family. Then when Austria-Hungary demanded reparations (amends), they declared war against Serbia. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism had lead to the cause of World War I.

This attack caused Russia to come to Serbia’s aid and Germany announced its entry into the war. The next cause of the war was the agreement between nations. Many countries had agreed to help each other, and this spread the war beyond Serbia. These alliances were called the mutual defense alliances. Due to these alliances, they were obligated to protect each other in case of war. So, started something bigger. Germany supported Austria-Hungary and attacked France. This forced France into the war while Britain joined the war to protect France. Japan and Italy followed to join the war and finally, America. The two sides were called the Allies or the Triple Ententes and the Central Powers. The Triple Ententes consisted of France, Britain, and Russia and the Central Powers were Austria-Hungary and Germany. Italy and the US joined the Triple Ententes. Another strong cause of the war was Imperialism. Before the war many European countries clashed in Africa and Asia. This rivalry between the big powers accelerated the process of thrusting the world into World War

After the deaths of 37,508,686 soldiers by the end of World War I, Europe was a mess. Countries had been dissolved and rearranged, governments had fallen and been replaced, and economies were thriving then crashing, all as a result from World War I. One of the main goals at the end of World War I was to prevent another tragedy like World War I from happening again. Clearly that did not happen, as World War II still happened, causing over 50 million deaths. The repercussions of World War I caused World War II due to radical ideology, bad economic conditions, and nationalism to the point of extremity.

Since the 1870s, most of the major countries in Europe had been preparing for war with each other. The independent German kingdoms were unified in the 1870s and had quickly become the largest power on the continent. This triggered the the Holy Alliance between Prussia, Russia, and Austria. When Germany was united in 1871, Prussia became part of the new German nation. Russia also feared Germans threat and sought to ally itself with Great Britain, France, and even Germany itself for protection against other nations.

The U.S. Government was responsible for Little BigHorn. In the Textbook, it describes how the Sioux were the cause of the war and how they brutally slaughtered all of the U.S Troops without mentioning the actions of the U.S. It presumes that the us troops wanted to hide the truth so the America doesn't look bad. This also happens in Document A: J.D Cameron Report. He's gives a report to the president saying that the Indians were attacking the settlers but without a reason. Both texts made it out to be the Sioux at fault. Having this evidence points towards the U.S. Government being at fault for starting the war.

The Great War, rose due to nationalism and competition among the European Powers. It was the first war with advanced technology, which was devoted particularly to military purposes, causing unimaginable damages and socio-political conflicts. From the 1919 to the 1930, North America and the Middle East responded similarly to World War I in social aspects by giving minority groups more rights, leading these regions towards equality. On the other hand, these regions responded differently in political and economic aspects. North America received all the benefits of the Allies, the winning countries, while regions in the Middle East were punished by the Treaty of Versailles, given their alliance with the Central powers.

World War 1 DBQ Trenches are everywhere, land exploding, metal wastes,waste and dead bodies of brave soldiers lying everywhere , pollution in the air just because of one cause militarism. Militarism was one of the biggest underlying causes of the war. From the nations blaming each other on who started the war, to polls of how much money each nation spend on their military, to also trying to persuade people to make our military stronger. Militarism was a huge part into making World War 1.

German historian Fritz Fischer argues that Germany 's desire for world power was the reason that for the outbreak of WWI. Germany had plans for a war before the crisis that occurred during 1914 and used the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as an excuse to put the plans into effect. Germany also encouraged Austria and its war plans to provoke a crisis in which it can solve the problem that Germany would face if they went to war. This problem is called "encirclement" and Germany would face this problem if it went to war with France and Russia. By having Austria doing so it would allow Germany to dominate and expand its territories. France and Russia signed a full military defensive alliance in 1892-1895 which allowed the possibility of a two-front war. With Germany 's geographical position being between these two great powers, it would cause Germany to lose the war at an instant. In addition to this, France felt bitterness towards the defeat of 1870-1871 and the taking

The alliance system, which at that time was used to prevent any war, has caused this huge war when Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia, and making it ineluctable. This proves that the blank cheque that was given to Austria was reasonable, for Austria was Germany’s ally, and as allies, they should support each other. The same was done with Russia with countries in the Balkans. As Austro-Hungarian Empire declares war on Serbia, Russia mobilizes her army and prepares her troops to help the Serbs to protect themselves from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Germany,

Before World War I, German Chief of staff Alfred von Schlieffen was requested by Kaiser Wilhelm II to create Germany’s army a plan for a war against France and Russia. Germany could not compete with other European powers. Surrounding states afraid of Germany’s quick growth and aggressive attitude were eager to contain it. The Kaiser sought out Schlieffen and directed him to devise a plan that would allow Germany to gain power and assert itself as a dominant state. Because the Franco-Russian alliance was in place at that time in 1898, Germany was unable to attack just one of the countries and not the other. Instead, it would be forced to fight a two-front war. Wilhelm II knew that if they were attacked, Britain would come to France's defense.

Source 2 once again puts a lot of blame of Germany stating “Germany had really decided to force a war”. As we know, this war was forced despite negotiations between the Kaiser and the Tsar, where the Kaiser attempted to prevent Russian mobilisation in order to carry out the Schlieffen plan. This really emphasises the aggressive nature of the plan, in addition with the deception of the Kaiser. Overall, this source mainly agrees with Taylor and the ideas he has put forward, however Martel goes further by suggesting that the Alliance system also played a significant part in the cause of war. Martel states that Germany “could not permit Austria-Hungary to be defeated”, in reference to a war that Germany were not involved in, but Austria, Germany’s one close ally was, introducing the extremely important Dual Alliance. This shows that Germany had no choice but to be drawn into this war, where tensions between the Dual Alliance and Russia could occur due to the issues German issues with Slavism. Therefore, it could be interpreted that the Schlieffen plan was in response to ongoing wars and potential conflicts that could result. Furthermore, Martel also suggests that Germany chose this time for was as it was “the best time” in

Germany had always been afraid of their geographical situation. They were encircled by all their enemies and their one powerful ally was Austria-Hungary. Admiral Tirpitz justified the spending on the German navy by stating that. ‘For Germany, the most dangerous enemy…is England…which we most urgently require a navy.’ Tirptitz’s insisted that their arms spending was a defensive reaction to the aggression they had had with Britain and that despite what the other powers believed, these militaristic movements were of long term defensive means. Historically in the days leading up to the war, Germany did not instigate other nations to mobilize their troops; Serbia’s appeal to Russia triggered the Great Powers to mobilize. Once Russia had mobilized, the Kaiser sent an ultimatum, in defence of Austria, stating that if they did not back down, the German Empire would wage war on them. After Russia’s dismissal of the ultimatum Germany had no choice but to mobilize and execute the Schlieffen Plan, otherwise they would risk their relationship with Austria-Hungary and therefore risk full encirclement. Germany’s fear of encirclement incited them to become militaristic, however their quick advancement and involvement in crisis’s leading up to the war put them in a bad position for the outbreak of war and they were inadvertently

As previously stated Germany was a war thirsty country who was driven by self-interest and ultimately selfishness. They were willing to stop at nothing in order to provoke the war and it was because of their behaviour as to why so many people put the blame and responsibility for starting the First World War on them. At the time Germany was facing many problems of their own and it was because of these problems that they were so desperate for something as extreme as a world war. They knew that if they could dominate the war and come out on top that they would be able to make a substantial amount of growth as a country, both socially, politically and economically. This is why Germany began making extreme improvements to their military base and investing more money to expand it. They needed to be at the top of their game when war broke out. Which they knew was inevitable to happen especially with the growing feud between European countries. The event that really pushed everyone over the edge was the austro-hugary war against Serbia. This is exactly what they needed to engage in war against their enemies Russia and France. This event alone is still considered today to be the breaking point to which created a chain reaction ultimately provoking the start of the world war. Even though Germany was not affected by the assassination of the Archduke they had signed an alliance and were more than happy to support Austria with punishing Serbia, they knew it was a matter of time before

Germany entered the war in August 1914 after Russia mobilized its forces. Due to the fear of encirclement by France and Russia, Germany implemented the Schlieffen Plan, a plan that included Germany fighting and defeating the French on the western front within a period of six weeks, and then proceed to fight the slowly mobilizing Russians on the eastern front (Wells, Mike). At the start of the war, Germany did believe that their economic and military strength could aid them to win the war. However, as the war took its course, they were proven wrong. Germany’s defeat could be justified with several factors such as the failure of the Schlieffen Plan, the Allied blockade and the entry of the United States into the war.