Causes of WWIBy: Michael Allcott

Alliances

• Had to fight with allies

Nationalism

• Bosnia and Herzegovina• National Rivalries

Imperialism

• Wanted more land• Industrial Revolution• Africa

Militarism

• Big army• Military influence• Arms race

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary

• Domino effect• Alliances in action

The WarlordBy: Mark T Jones

Cut, thrust, plunge Slash, slit, stab Starve, maim, shoot Torch, burn, scar

The trumpets herald you with regal gloryEpaulettes glisten and medals gleam

Plunder, loot, steal Blind, brand, rape Curse, crush, kidnap Smash, torture, kill Your arrival is welcomed with carpets of steelRamrod backed your subjects hail you

Bind, bludgeon, bury Garrote, impale, castrate Order, imprison, enslave Censor, cajole, destroy Your scarlet cape billows as you sense fresh converts Ever more shrill their praises grow. Barren, bleak, blackened Shattered, sterile, stricken Torn, poisoned, defiled Bloodied, entombed, rotting The prize presented on some stolen silver A maggot riddled remnant of a once serene world.

Work Cited

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• Martin, K. (2001). Top 5 causes of world war 1. Retrieved from http://americanhistory.about.com/od/worldwari/tp/causes-of-world-war-1.htm

• Karpilovsky, S. (n.d.). The great war. Retrieved from http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/great_war/causes.htm

• World war one-causes. (2010, October 9). Retrieved from http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm