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| <font color="white" size=".72c">What caused the devastating First World War?</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">You may be aware of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">This was, in fact, the trigger which set off the war from a number of underlying causes.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">These were: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Militarism created an arms race out of competition and fear of neighboring nations.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Germany tried to compete in a naval race with Britain, building more and more ships.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Alliances were created to check the balance of power between nations.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">in 1882, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed the Triple Alliance.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">France, Britain, and Russia reacted in 1907 by creating the Triple Entente.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Imperialism caused another type of competition and disagreement.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">The British and French empires made Germany jealous as it tried to colonize parts of Africa.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Nationalism created the feeling that countries were better than others, and promoted the anti-Austro-Hungarian sentiments in Serbia.</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">Seven young Bosnian Serbs, who were part of the nationalist Black Hand,</font> | |
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| <font color="white" size=".72c">planned to assassinate Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.</font> | |
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