Cause of World War 1

World War 1 started on August 1914. It started because of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife. the cause of the assassination were one Mutual Defense Alliance which is when countries throughout Europe made mutual defensw agreements that would pull them into battle. The second cause is Imperialism which is when a country increases their power and wealth by bringing additional territorries under their control. The third cause is Militarism as the world entered the 20th century, an arms race had begun. the last cause was Nationalism much of the origin of the war was based on the desire of the slavic peoples in bosnia and herzegovina to no longer be part of Austria Hungary but instead be part of serbia.

One event that dragged the United States into World War 1 is the sinking of the passenger liner lusitania by a U-Boat. 125 Americans were killed.The next thing is the British propaganda to the United States telling them how awful the germans were.The British would send them stories depicting the aumerous german atrocities. The British propaganda made numerous of Americans go in favor of the Allies.