Explain how the following led to war:
1) Imperialism - Imperialism is when a nation conquers a weaker nation for the sole purpose of building an empire. Ultimately, this lead to competition among the powerful nations around the globe. This competition led to conflict and war.
2) Militarism - Militarism is when a nation uses most, if not all, of it's resources to expand it's military. With a stronger military comes war.
3) Nationalism - Nationalism is when a citizen or person has a strong devotion to his or her nation. Nationalism bears similarities to patriotism; however, nationalism is more aggressive and prejudiced. When a country is nationalistic, it will act in it's own national interest with no regard to the other nations that they may be irritating. Unaware of the anger a nationalistic nation may cause another nation to have, war will surely ensue.
4) Alliances: An alliance is when two or more separate parties (in this case, nations) join forces or align with one another. This led to war in the end. For instance, if the U.S. were to align with Great Britain, then the U.S. would be held responsible to come to great Britain's aid if attacked, and vice versa. This caused nations to indirectly become enemies with other nations, causing war.
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