MAIN Causes Flashcards
what were the 4 main causes of ww1?
militarism
imperialism
alliances
nationalism
define short term causes-
something e.g an event which causes an immediate action
define long term causes-
something e.g an event over time that leads to action
militarism-
where countries race each other to build their navy, military and armies
imperialism-
when countries try to build large empires by conquering other countries.
nationalism-
when people become patriotic towards their country and would do anything for it
alliances-
where a couple of countries officially become friends or allies and team together
explain militarism-
people taking great pride in their armies and navy-so theirs would be the best country
spent great amounts on huge armies-prepared to use and also a waste if never used so temptaion was there when countries fell out
nobody wanted the smallest army
e.g britain and germany had a naval race
explain imperialism-
britain had conquered lots of land all over the world by 1914 and had a vast empire. othr nations wanted big empires too a desiure to have
race to gain control of other nations-particulaly in africa
led to tension
fierce rivalries- see eachother in europe as a threat
explain nationalism-
beginning of 20th century people started to take great pride in their countries.some went step further feeling their country was better than others
germany wanted biggest navy -kasier wilhems main ambitition
for many leaders to prove they were the best the only way was to have a war to remove this idea of their rivals
explain alliances-
an official friendship between 2 or more countries
triple alliances-1882
triple entente-25yrs later -1904
only 1 disagree would draw many countries into a conflict
e.g franz ferdinands death
why did serbia now want bosnia to be part of them and not hungary?
they wanted a bigger nation with them as they were simlar ethnicities and backgrond
make a statement of this when they killed ahs duke
why did serbians want to kill franz ferdinand
angered many bosnian people atht ah took over thema s they wanted to be a part of serbia and make a nation with them
1914-black hand formed
serbians furious as messed up their plan to takeover of bosnia
franz was the next heir to the throne so if the emperor died franz joseph they would be no ruler to takeover austria so evrything would fall for people living there
when did austria hungary annexed bosnia
1908
what does annexation mean?
the act of adding new territories
