Directions

Welcome to Mr. Goff's blog about World War One! (It's more exciting than it sounds, promise) This blog is intended to enhance what we learned, or you slept though, in class. At the end of each blog post there is a question for you to answer in the comment section. I will be responding to these post and I encourage you to respond to your classmates' posts as well. Also important to note, you will find that Key Words of these chapter have been underlined. Remember, to really understand history, and this chapter, you have to speak the "language" of the Key Terms!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Beginning of the War

In class today we discussed the MAIN causes of the World War One:
Militarism - the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army ready for war
Alliances - to gain greater power, territory, or defensive advantage
Imperialism -competition for colonies, raw materials and market for goods
Nationalism- pride/devotion to one’s country

Now, we know that it was nationalism that pushed Garvilo Princip to assassinate the Archduke Ferdinand.

Bang.

However, was it right for Russia and Germany to intervene in a conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungry, knowing that the entangling alliances would drag all of Europe into war? Why? Or why not?

Explain your answer in the comment section below
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  1. Rachel Elersic HenryJune 22, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    I think they didn't want to fight but had no choice in the matter.

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