World War 1 DBQ answers

1.- The countries are France, Germany, and Great Britain

1. B- With countries spending more and more money on weapons, they probably sparked suspicion and distrust between them and their neighboring countries.

2. Triple entente- Russia, France, and Great Britian
Triple alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

2. B- The alliance system made other countries turn on each other and join others. With this, if one country was attacked, not only would they retaliate, but they would also have backup from the allied conutries, resulting in a much larger and widespread battle, leading to war.

3.- The Austria-Hungary government said that the Serbian government allowed their citizens too much freedom of speech, as they used it to speak negatively about the government

3. B- The Austria-Hungary government demanded Serbia limit their citizens freedom of speech and also to and to allow Austria Hungary representatives to enter Serbia and stop the citizens from spreading anti-government propaganda.

4. - The treaty says Germany is responsible for starting the war.

4. B- Germany had caused a lot of damage in the war, and their was a unanimous agreement by other countries to blame Germany, especially since they feared it could start another war.

5.- The president of Germany said that it alone was not responsilble for the war, but did play an active part in it.

5. B- He blamed the leader of the Austria-Hungary empire for starting the war, because he had no regard for international relations.

6.- The author believes that all the European countries were responsible for world war 1.

6. B- He believes that all the leaders of the countries did things to start the war, and didn't do things to stop the war.

7.- Archduke Van Ferdinand's death acted as a martyr for people, and gave countries someone to blame for previous

7. B- The alliance system allowed certain countries to band together, but with this, certain groups felt excluded or distrusted from other. This also meant, as shown above, that when one country attacked another, the attacked country would have backup to fight the opposing country, leading to much more widespread battles.

 8. I belive Serbia was responsible for the beggining of World war 1. A serbian terrorist assassinated Archduke Van Ferdinand. This caused Austria to declare war on Serbia. Although Austria declared war first, they were tempted to do so by the Serbians. When Russia joined Serbia, Germany declared war on them, which most people believe to be the start of the war, but it was already in progress at that point in time.