WOH-1023 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Sussex Pledge, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
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The beginnings: the four main causes of wwi (list, explain, militaris(cid:373) a(cid:374)d ar(cid:373)"s ra(cid:272)e between 1870 and 1914, european nations increase military spending by 40%. France and germany doubled in size from 1870-1914: arms race between britain and germany building battleships, the alliance system. The triple alliance (germany and austria-hungary made an alliance with italy): purpose to keep france isolated. Britain old rivals now allies): purpose to (cid:272)ou(cid:374)ter ger(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455)"s threat, imperialism. Foreign markets and resources necessary to be a world power. Competition for colonies increases tensions among european nations: european nations compete for domination of africa and asia to build their empires, nationalism, national identities become important. Economic links with britain and france (1914-1917, trade with britain and france quadrupled with war supplies, u. s. banks loaned million to england and france to sustain war effort: america gets wealthy of war). Public opinion the majority of the native-born americans supported britain and france.
