Causes Of WW1 Flashcards
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What were the short term causes of WW1?
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The Moroccan Crisis Bosnian Crisis Second Moroccan Crisis (Agadir) First Balkan War Second Balkan War
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What were the long term causes of WW1?
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Bismarcks web of Alliances Imperialism Naval Race Balkan Situation New Course and Weitpolitik
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What other developments led to the outbreak of WW1?
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THe Will to make war
The arms race and militarism
War Plans
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What were the immediate causes of WW1?
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Assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand
Germany issues a ‘blank cheque’
Delay of issue of ultimatum and impossible terms of ultimatum
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What were the 5 main causes for WW1?
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Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism Immediate Cause
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Evidence for militarism
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Naval race
Arms race
New course and Weitpolitik
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Evidence for alliances
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Alliances became offensive
Germany was surrounded
France wasn’t isolated
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Evidence for imperialism
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Scramble for Africa
Moroccan Crisis’
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Evidence for Nationalism
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Balkan War
Bosnian crisis
Each country wanted to prove dominance and power
