USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I

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The Allies and Central Powers were the 2 opposing forces in the war

(A) ** True

(B) False

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Allied powers, also called Allies, those countries allied in opposition to the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) in World War I or to the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) in World War II.

Concept note-2: -The vast majority of the world’s countries, including all of the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances: the Allies (led by the Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom, and China) and the Axis (led by Germany, Japan, and Italy).

Concept note-3: -In World War II, the three great Allied powers-Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union-formed a Grand Alliance that was the key to victory.

Concept note-4: -World War I was fought between the Central Powers comprising Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire; and the Allied Powers comprising Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and Romania.

Concept note-5: -The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China).