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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I

A. Long Term Causes

1. Militarism

2. Alliances

a. Conflicts over alliances

b. The Blank Check Assurance

3. Nationalism

a. Serbian nationalism

b. Germany Millenarianism

4. Imperialism

a. European expansionism

B. Short Term Cause

1. Assassination

a. The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

II. CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II

A. Treaty of Versailles

B. Economic Depression

1. The Great Depression

C. The Rise of Totalitarianism

1. Germany

2. Japan

D. Failure of Appeasement

E. Failure of the League of Nations

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