World War 1 Dbq Essay

World War 1 was a major turning point in history, it was when more than 32 countries went to war with each other. By the 1900 people were bound to know that there would be a war soon. With all of the industrialization and alliances occuring, people set to balance the powers of all the counties so that if a country would try something risky and take over, the other countries could easily stop them because of the central power. But this inevitably raised tensions between countries, which made it more possible for a war to occur. All the world needed was for a slight event to spark the roaring fire that was waitting. WW1 did not initially have one cause that started the mayhem. Militarism , Extension of imperialism, and Nationalism were all

It was and arms race in the 1900’s. The country with the superior weapons, had the superior advantage in war. Because britain had a large navy, germany wanted large navy too The expenses of the arms race fell on civilian populations in form of high taxes .In Document 7 “The Growth in Armaments” illustrates the growth of the costs of the military over 1890- 1914. According to the graph, by the end of the war germany spent most of their money on building a navy and a strong army fleet than any other country. From the graph i could tell that Germany was becoming desperate by the end of the war and started spending money. Which led them o even more debt a the end.This example could also be seen in document 9 where the picture “ the Fool And His Folly” illustrates that since germany was losing the war, they became paranoid and bumped up their military and their forces, but since the soldier is about to elkof a cliff in the illustration, its indication that germany will eventually lose

The purpose of imperialism was and is to build up national wealth and influence by owning colonies.both France and britain had many colonies in africa and asia. According to document 10 “The British Octopus” illustrates how many colonies britain had, which could scare other countries. Thede colonies could help Britain in the war by supplying them with raw materials and supplies. Imperialism is also shown in document 11 which illustrates the various colonies each country had with Britain having the biggest square kilometers with a total of 33,000,00 when combined. Large colonial populations could help the economy of the mother country by giving the mother country a better economic culture. Imperialism played a role for the spark in the war when Germany and italy decided they wanted a colonial empire as well. This sparked up a global competition for land which caused confrontations and conflict in many