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Militarism

Militarism was to grow a strong military to be able to defend your country and allies to achieve your goals in a war. Nations would usually race to build up their troops the quickest so they'd be prepared for attack at any moment. Nationalism created most of the rivalries that had began to have the best military. The arms race was a rivalry that went between militaries. This is the time where more weapons came into play, creating the battle to be the bloodiest of that time. Militarism was costly since they needed more supplies to support the troops. Most military or government leaders would plead for their nations pride to help out their troops. The militaries always wanted to stay on top. If one army increased in any way, the rest would follow, gaining what was needed to be equal or greater than the others. The leaders needed the money so their military would stay advanced and equipped for battle. Militarism was enforced to help solve some problems of the people and government, but also started some rivalry issues of nations. The nations felt like they could never be beaten and had pride in their soldiers. It also gave them the power and confidence to take down the other nations, which is known as Imperialism. Creating friendships, or "alliances", helped them gain success and support in their military if they needed it. Militarism gave the soldiers the excitement to battle for their country in war, but others feared the war and what it may bring. Militarism was a helpful kick-off to World War 1.

Vocabulary :
- Nation - a large region of people who relate by culture, language, and history in a country or a territory.
- Arms Race - a race where nations compete to exceed of having or creating the best weapons to use in war.
- Allies - a partnership between nations to trust and defend eachother in case of attack.

Alliances were to agree between nations to trust, defend, and share strategies with each other. The alliance system was a main part of war where 2 or more nations to merge together in war. These allies have each others back by a binded law, but can easily be broken by disagreement or broken trust. They have to support each ally with help in war, resources from their country, and money if a nation is struggling to form their troops. The alliances in war were made by the rivalries that wanted to be avoided. With support and better protection of the country's citizens, they would not interfere with any battle. If any army went in battle upon another, then it is the allies duty to be there to support their fellow nation. The alliance system surely kept each nations trust, but it made war tensions worse. Instead of only 2 nation in battle, it would reach out to their allies causing more rivalries between nations and causing more conflict to escalate. World War 1 truly only had 2 major alliances, but small allies progressed through the war. The Allied Powers and Central Powers were the large alliances and fought against each other in the time of war. Each part of MANIA contributed to the war, but they all guided alliances to come true.

Vocabulary :
- Alliance System - multiple nations of war fight side by side for everyone's success in their country.
- Central Powers - one of the main unions of ww1 that consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. They faced and were defeated by the Allied Powers.
- Allied Powers - one of the main unions of ww1 that consisted of Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the U.S. They battled and won against the Central Powers.

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Alliances

Nationalism

Yellow Journalism

Nationalism was feeling pride in your country and the importance of your nation mattered more than any other. This term first started off as the devotion and love for the countries you inhabited. Each nation was proud of their cultures so the people wrote music, books, and plays dedicated to their country. Then it got to the terms of feeling nothing else had any meaning behind it and only your nation was significant compared to your country. The nations wanted to outdo the others to stay on top and wanted respect for how important they thought they were to be. Rivalries began causing many fights between nations of who was the best. These arguments went too far, making these fights worse than expected, leading to a better chance of war between nations. Newspapers were spread around to citizens about the rivalries of their country as a way to earn more money from the fast investment of the people. Many of these citizens bought these papers for the fear of invasion, but some hoped for war to look superior compared to other nations. These newspapers would use yellow journalism to bring in the cash as exaggerating the information. The government did so similarly but used propaganda as a way to lie about the rivalries between nations the act seem more dramatic. The government created more newspapers that gave support of more decisions being passed. Many leaders of government used the techniques of propaganda to support the war and the troops as it seemed but truly wanted the profit. Nationalism led to Imperialism, proving it's out to take over another place for your nations benefit and Militarism so they'd be more respected by minored militaries. Nationalism had initiated many world issues of the nations that led to World War 1.

Vocabulary :
- Yellow Journalism - to exaggerate a writing piece to make it seem more interesting to buy or read.
- Propaganda - to overemphasize information to the point where it false and used as an advertisement for a political view.

Propaganda

1st - Great Britain // At the time, they were the greatest empire. They owned 25% of the worlds land and controlled many countries.

- Countries of India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong, parts of North Africa, some islands of Pacific and Caribbean, and an agreement to China areas.

Vocabulary :
- Imperialist - a person or nation with full support of Imperialism and wants the control over a certain area.
- Rivalries - an argument over the same objective in a battle-type way.

Imperialism

2nd - France // This country was the second largest out of the empires, gaining some countries before Great Britain could control them.

- Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, areas of Africa and India, parts of South America, and few islands in the Pacific and Caribbean.

3rd - Germany & Italy // These countries had entered the "take over" late, trying to snatch any land left at the time. The leader before in Germany had no care for other colonies so they didn't gain any new land. A Berlin Group had insisted on being an imperialist country, and finally got their request.

Imperialism allows a nation to rule over 1 or many nations at a time to be able to take their land and natural resources. These nations that undergo this invasion are reclaimed as a colony or territory to become part of the empire that has the most power. The nations with an advanced military could easily take over and made the weaker nation have no way to raise their hope in their country. The imperialist nations were known as an "empire" or "mother country" for being in most control of all nations they could bribe. Either the leader could be offered a position in a higher empire status, or be invaded and known as a citizen with less recognition than ever before. Both nations had to make a fair agreement to expand the empire and take over what was left of the weaker nation. The lower status, weaker, minored nations would follow the same culture as their newer leader and country. Once the colonies had entered the empire nation, the people of these colonies respected their newly founded country and forgot about their nation's pride to abide by the new rules of the empire. These citizens provided resources, strategy locations once used by their troops, and labor work to prove their honor. Rivalries between countries had begun leading to crises, which scared most nations in their fear of war, so alliances were made to have protection in wartime. Some imperialist nations had worked together as 2 empires to win over an area of land. Equally dividing the land gave great tension between the 2 nations causing some rivalries. But once again, they constructed allies between nations to build a strong bond and less risk of invasion. Many alliances were broken for the thought of their nation having more power to control the empire causing war to break out. World War 1 truly was commenced because of imperialism for nation want for more power over others.

Assassination

Assassination is to kill or murder someone purposely for the action of the guiltless person. The assassin must have a reason to take such revenge as murder to someone. Archduke was assassinated by the Black Hand for the changes he planned to make, once he was the emperor. He took over Bosnia and Herzegovina in captive to the Austria-Hungarian Empire. The people of these countries took great offense, causing the assassination. He visited Sarajevo to inspect the troops, and on his way to lunch with his wife, got bombed and killed on the spot. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the attack and declared war without one doubt. The domino effect began, causing Russia to help Serbia and Germany help Austria-Hungary. The alliance between France and Russia was strongly bonded, so Germany knew if they declared war, a two-front war would charge on. Germany planned out the Schieffel Plan to win the war in their honor. Belgium, as a neutral country, had an invasion of Germany as a part of the Schieffel Plan but was faced to Great Britain and France alliances to help protect Belgium from the forbidden attack. Both sides of the war had many entering allies to each behalf. Many more countries joined with their allies till the Great War sprung. The U.S. stepped aside, avoiding the opportunity to interact in the war, remaining neutral. After 2 years of dodging the war, the United States of America joined at last for our democracy to be eligible for all and to end the war of the Allied Powers Victory. All 5 terms contributed well to the war, all leading to the ending victory.

Vocabulary :
- Domino Effect - many countries joining their allies, one by one, contributing to their alliances.
- Two Front War - a country battling 2 opposing countries at the same time.
- Schieffel Plan - to take down the weaker position ( France ) as easy as possible, to be left fighting the larger portion ( Russia ) as a real battle.
-Black Hand - a Serbian terrorist group who had taken the part of assassinating Archduke and Sophie Ferdinand.

"Serbia must die!"

The Depressing
Papes

Newspapers really influenced the war. It solved a number of problems, but started some rivalries to initiate the war. Most newspapers were used as yellow journalism to extend the truth in a dramatic way, but the posters made by the government were much different. They used propaganda to lie and convince citizens to help encourage the decisions and ideas of soldiers in war. These articles have lied and bent the truth to impact the war.

Chapter 2 :

American Neutrality with the Entry of War

Americans had no reason of joining the war. They all lived in peace with their lives and property in great condition. Though without joining the war, U.S. citizens would have been at greater risk, possibly loosing lands and many lives. The world would have changed greatly without the help of Americans, but refusing neutrality did clear up the issues once caused before.