Causes and Effects of World War I

Causes and Effects of World War I

Acronym for the causes of World War I

MANIA

• A lot of new military technology was created, and many countries were ready to find a reason to use it

Militarism

Alliances

Many countries had entered into alliances at this time, meaning the war was very quickly escalated to become a world conflict.

Many European counrties believed in the concept of nationalism, the belief that your country and culture is naturally superior to others. This further increased tensions.

Nationalism

Imperialism

Many European countries were in direct competition to claim other countries as colonies, raising tensions even higher.

The assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the domino that set all the others into motion

Assasination

The Effects of World War I

• World War I left Russia in disarray, leading to the rise of the communist revolution

Russian Revoultion

Rise of Totalitarianism

Many other countries were also left in disarray as a result of World War I. This left room for new totalitarian leaders to rise

Because of the state of dissarray and the new totalitarian leaders, the axis powers began to rise and expand.

Axis Expansion

Appeasement

Appeasement was a policy used during the beginning of World War II in which the allied powers let the Axis powers have something they wanted in exchange for the promise they wouldn't take anything else. Due to the disarray caused by World War I, the allied powers felt more desperate and felt that this was the only strategy that could avoid them spending all their resources on another war.