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.
Nationalism- Germany
Imperialism- Austria Hungary
Militarism -The central powers
System of Alliance- The Allies in world war one, come together, get more powerful.

2. How did the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand become the spark for WWI?
Because Austria-Hungary and Serbia wanted a reason to start a war and that was the perfect reason, the assassination sparked hatred among the sides and caused both to declare war, and it was a chain reaction as one declared war on the other, it affected the declaration of war on a lot of other countries too.

3. What happened within the first few months of fighting?
The Germans develop the Schleiffen Plan. That plan was where Germany would hold off fighting with Russian and go through Belgium to Paris, but the plan was not a success.

4. Generally, why did the United States want to stay out of the war?
They wanted to stay out of the war because it was not any of America's concern and it was very far away.
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- They had sympathy for some of the countries that they emigrated from and they believed that the United States should not be involved.
Socialists- They thought it was a capitalist imperialist struggle between Germany and England to control the markets in Africa, China, and the mid-east.
Pacifists- The pacifists did not want the war and the believed that the since the United States had no right in fighting it that the violence should stop.
Parents- Parents did not want their children to grow up around and witness the atrocities of the war.

6. How did Germany respond to the British naval blockade of Germany’s ports? What was the U.S. response?
Germany responded by using the U-boats to create a blockade of their own and Americans responded in outrage and declared that it threatened freedom of the seas and prevented American goods from reaching German ports.

7. What forced the United States into the war?
The German U-boats threatened to kill Americans that were on British ships and Wilson would not stand for it.