Long Term Causes of
WWI
Four Long Term Causes of
WWI
• Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Militarism
• Alliance System
Nationalism
• The belief that national
interests and national
unity should be placed
ahead of global
cooperation.
• This was usually
expressed as
competitiveness with
other countries.
• http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=zKZg_ZB4
SkU
Imperialism
• Nationalist
competition often
fueled imperial
conflicts among the
major European
powers.
• Imperialism - The
policy in which
stronger nations
extend their economic,
political, or military
control over weaker
territories
Militarism
• The development of
armed forces and their
use as a tool of
diplomacy.
• Militarism led to an
international arms
race.
• Howard Zinn on
militarism in U.S.
history
• http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=6tFd1eYScC
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Alliance System
• Ally – A country
formally cooperating
with another country
for a military or other
purpose.
• Alliance System – The
system where the
nations of Europe
signed treaties of
assistance that
committed them to
support one another if
they faced attack.
World War I
• A great overview of the War 6:43
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj2v7-0tAC0
• The Technology of WWI 6:39
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCRRS_MqcVQ&NR=1&featur
e=endscreen
• Scenes from Ypres, France 3:07
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVPHUgP2VbU
• The Red Baron
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh-J4GSPgAM