[서양사] World War I (the Begin and the End)

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a. The rise of nationalism
b. A build-up of military
c. A system of military alliances
d. Beginning of the War
e. The United States Enter the War
f. Mobilization
g. The fighting ends.

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The rise of nationalism
Europe avoided major wars in the 100 years before World War 1 began. In the 1800's, a force swept across the continent that helped brings about the Great War. The force was nationalism - the belief that loyalty to a person's nation and its political and economic goals comes before any other public loyalty. During the 1800's nationalism took hold among people who shared a common language, history, or culture. Such people began to view themselves as members a national group or nation. Nationalism led to the creation of two new powers - Italy and Germany - through the uniting of many small states. War had a major role in achieving nation unification in Italy and Germany. On the other hand, nationalism weakened the eastern European empires of Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Ottoman Turkey. Those empires ruled many national groups that clamored for independence. The Balkan Peninsula or the "Powder Keg of Europe" because tensions there threatened to ignite a major war. Rivalry for control of the Balkans added to the tensions that erupted into World War 1.

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