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the following:
- Introduction: Highly industrialized Europe, major wars before WW1 that increased
tensions like the Franco-Prussian War, etc., other issues brewing below the surface
- Miliarism: an arms race, build up of countries’ land and naval strength, the glorification of
armed strength and the military, include examples of this including the German and
British naval race, economic rivalries, and how this contributes to causing WW1
- Alliances: maiintaining a ballance of power in Europe, specific alliances formed like the
Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente, how they were formed and why they were formed,
their significance and how they contribute to causing WW1
- Imperialism: Quest for overseas empires, gain more markets, sign of nation’s power,
especially naval power, demonstrates countries’ influence around the world, cause of
increased tension like France and Germany over Morocco, how all of this contributes to
causing WW1
- Nationalism: Pride in one’s country, desire to have their own country/homeland:
Pan-German movement, pan-slavic movement, Russia sponsoring pan-slavism,
Austria-Hungary feeling threatened by surge in nationalism, Ottoman Empire feeling
threatened by new Balkan states, “powder keg of Europe”, how all this contributes to
causing WW1
- Conclusion: summarize all the reasons, reflect on them, talk about the ultimate “spark” in
the balkans during the high point of the pan-slavic movement, assasination of Archduke
Ferdinand, events leading up to the war, declarations of war