World War I Begins

1. What are the four main causes of World War I? Give an example for each as to why it was a cause.
Four main causes of WW1 were Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. An example of each respectively are; each major nation creating incredibly large standing armies and large technological advances in weaponry,each nation allied itself with a few others so when one was attacked everyone got involved, all the new colonies the European nations conquered allowed them much more recourses then previously available as well as new markets, and many small nations thought they had a right to independence and Germany thought it had a right to rule.
2. How did the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand become the spark for WWI?
TH assassination of Archduke Fanz Ferdinand became the spark of the war because i promoted Austria-Hungry to invade Serbia which caused the Russians to support the Serbs and then the Germans invaded Russia and France in support of Austria-Hungry which made the British join to support the French and Russians.
3. What happened within the first few months of fighting?
During the first few months of the war, Germany stoped any Russian advances while conquering Belgum and advancing into France. Then, allies and Central Powers spent a while tring to out flank each other until they gave up and began to besige each other in long trench networks.
4. Generally, why did the United States want to stay out of the war?
Generally, the U.S wanted to stay out of the war because it was three thousand miles away, and people didn't want their children to die.
5. Specifically, Why did the following groups of Americans tend to oppose U.S. participation in the war? Naturalized citizens; socialists; pacifists; parents.
Naturalized citizens opposed U.S participation in the war because they still had ties to their home countries and didn't want to be on the other side, socialists saw the war as a promotion of imperialism and capitalism to which they always were opposed, and the pacifists opposed violence in general and wanted the U.S to provide an example for peace.
6. How did Germany respond to the British naval blockade of Germany’s ports? What was the U.S. response?
Germany responded to the British naval blockade by sinking all ships military and otherwise in the area surrounding Great Britain with their unterseeboots.
7. What forced the United States into the war?
The German unrestricted submarine warfare, their attempts to get Mexico to attack the U.S in the event that war brock out between it and Germany, and a revolution in Russia that allowed the U.S to claim the war was one of democracy against oppressive monarchies.