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AP World History: Modern›Unit 7: Global Conflict and Cold War›The World Wars

Causes of World War I

Militarism, alliances, imperial rivalry, and nationalism made a regional crisis into a world war. The assassination in Sarajevo was the spark, not the cause.

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Also called: wwi, world war 1, MAIN causes, franz ferdinand