USA HISTORY

Using the four causes of World War identify which one is described in each of the following scenarios. Between 1870 and 1914, European nations increase their spending 400 percent to build up military strength in the arms race.

(A) ** Militarism

(B) Alliances

(C) Imperialism

(D) Nationalism

Concept note-1: -This increase in militarism helped push the countries involved into war. The immediate cause of World War I that made the aforementioned items come into play (alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism) was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.

Concept note-2: -The M-A-I-N acronym – militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism – is often used to analyse the war, and each of these reasons are cited to be the 4 main causes of World War One.