AP European History

Causes of WWI

Last Updated on March 20, 2020

Steven Kucklick

Steven Kucklick



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In this stream we go through the main causes of World War I. We first focus on the long term causes, specifically looking at MAIN (militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism). We go through each of those indepth and then transition to the short term causes. We focus on the 'Crisis in the Balkans' and the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand.



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