WWI DBQ

World War I was known as the Great War because it was fought all over the world by different nations with high numbers and warfare tactics. World War I was also known as the “war to end all wars” because of the different warfare strategies like trench warfare, poison gas, airplanes, tanks, etc. These warfare tactics were violent and had great slaughter and destruction of countries and alliances. This was also known as the Great War because of the scale of the war, which was 900 miles of trenches on the Western Front. The main causes of WW1 were militarism, secret alliance, imperialism and nationalism One of the main causes of the Great War was militarism, militarism is the desire a country has to keep a strong military and the building up of

That is why it is one of the causes of the great war. Another cause of the World War was the Alliance. The Triple Entente, and the Triple Alliance formed when Austria Hungary's leader Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a group of terrorists called the Black Hand from Serbia. A map created by Theresa Noonan shows us the two main Alliances: The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente (Doc 7). This causes the war by making the alliances get into conflict which later leads to the start of the Great War. Another way to explain the conflicts between the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente was in the cartoon "the chain of friendship” and was printed in the Brooklyn Eagle in July 1914 (Doc 8). Which was a comical image that showed how a conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary escalated to involve all the European Powers. Imperialism was another huge factor in the Great War. The Great War was caused by Imperialism because it created great tensions between countries because they all wanted the same land, which made them start a war. “All the European countries to a greater or lesser degree were responsible”(doc