Causes of WW1
- According to "Pity of War" it was a war between monarchism vs. republicanism ( some conservatives thought that the war would help kill all monarchies all together)
- Growth of German power in Central Europe challenged Great Powers (France, Great Britain, Russia)
- imperialist and economic rivalries among all the European powers caused alot of the tension as each country tried to rise above the rest. This tension between the countries kept tightening until it was dangerous.
- international competition among European powers for colones and economic markets
-Naval Rivalry between the Great Britain and Germany . Increase in size of European armies
-Nationalism ( loyalty and devotion to a nation; a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations)
Effects of WW1
(Pity of War)
-Belgium and northern France were cleared of German troops, so were Romania, Poland, the Ukraine, and the Baltic states
-Germany, Russia, and Turkey were diminished the Austrian altogether destroyed
-New states were formed; Austria and Hungary went there separate ways the Serbs achieved their goal of south slave states "Yugoslavia"
-President Wilson's vision of a "new world order"
Poland was "free" after WW1
- Post war had to worry about restoring fiscal and monetary stability