WW1 Ww1: The Causes Of World War One

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Sarah Hukill P1 3-20-14 WW1 FRQ World War One was propagandized as the “war to end all wars” to rally together fellow citizens into enlisting. However, it did not live up to its claim and many who survived the war were nearly unaware of why they had actually joined the war, besides to fight for their mother-country. Among the causes of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was the nephew of the emperor of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, each country’s obligation to each other in alliance which contributed to the fast escalation of a world war, the propaganda used to spread nationalism and militarism, and the imperialism that had previously caused many European countries to have already established an aggression towards one another. Nationalism had grown among the people in Serbia and the rest of Europe like a flame, leading to a small group of zealots who sought to restore greater Serbia to its former glory. They intended to do this by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, since he was an important figure of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire ,but instead they had received more than they bargained for. Since Serbia had now posed as a threat to the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, they would then invade Serbia, which would include each of their allies and their allies' allies to fight against each other as well. This had a domino effect, and later included the territories that the imperialistic fad had led the big empires to acquire. The rest of Europe, meanwhile, had been growing fond of their of countries and lands as well. The overflowing pride and eagerness to prove one's country to be the best and most powerful was exactly what the rulers of those regions needed to persuade the people to enlist into the war. The... ... middle of paper ... ...h Serbia wasn't completely famous for Imperialism but rather stirred up by national pride). These causes and their outcomes have shaped our modern world by defining the borders and countries that we mostly see today. Some would also argue that some of the effects of WWI was the upwelling of fascism that would later lead to Hitler's rise in WWII to reunite the German provinces that were lost to the Treaty of Versailles. Another outcome was the many deaths that occurred mainly because of diseases, but it later led to better medicinal technology. World War One was bound to happen, nonetheless, because of the uprising competition of imperialism, all of the countries linked by alliances, and the growing sense of national and militaric pride among the people. All of this tension had to break at some point, and so it had, beginning with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

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