WWI Causes

1)Describe and define the four MAIN causes of WWI.

List and define each, and link to the start of the war.

militarism- The idea that a country should have a strong military force.  Every country began creating a larger army and a bigger military.

alliances- Alliances, or strong bonds were made between countries. When one country went into war basically everyone did.

imperialism-Countries wanted to invade other countries and gain more land and resources.  The invading caused war bringing out the alliances.

nationalism-People had a strong love and passion for their country and would do anything to keep it the way it is, even war.  Nationalism brought out so much emotion that people would fight.

2)What was the spark of war?  Explain it

The assassination of arch-duke Franz Ferdinand in Austria-Hungary caused WWI.  As soon as Serbia and Austria-Hungary got into a war all of the alliances came together creating a world war.

3) Put these in order, and explain, each of the following; include the date. (a,b,c,d)
Lusitania-1915-A boat that carried not only several hundred people but also a lot of weapons secretly, a German U-boat sank it.

Sussex pledge-1916-A french boat sank by Germans

unrestricted sub warfare-January 9th, 1917-German submarines could fire torpedos without letting the other boat know

Zimmerman note- January 16th, 1917-A telegram sent to Mexico from Germany attempting to create an alliance to take down America but was intercepted by the British.