USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
Which of the following was not a cause of World War 1?

(A) Nationalism

(B) Militarism

(C) Alliances

(D) ** The Hundred Year War

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Answer. Militarism, Alliances and Imperialism are the cause of World War I. liberalism is not the cause of World War I.

Concept note-2: -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-3: -The World War I which began in the year 1914 CE, resulted in high taxes, increased military expenditure, and deployment of Indians to fight in the war. Indian peasants did not profit as a consequence of the World War I.