{"id":1645,"date":"2016-10-27T02:39:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T02:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme102\/?page_id=1645"},"modified":"2016-10-27T02:39:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T02:39:05","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme102\/learning-pathways\/the-causes-of-world-war-one\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:232px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:FT-17-argonne-1918.gif\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/b\/bb\/FT-17-argonne-1918.gif\/230px-FT-17-argonne-1918.gif\" width=\"230\" height=\"173\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Renault FT tanks being operated by the US Army in France, 1918.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThere are many factors that contributed to the outbreak of World War One.  New ideologies of imperialism, nationalism and capitalism played a role, as did military and economic competition among European powers. Diplomats and political leaders were often ill-equipped for their roles, and more focused on power and prestige than peace and prosperity. The system of political alliances had unforeseen ramifications. In this learning pathway, you will explore how all these factors combined to lead to the outbreak of war.\n<\/p>\n<p>During this learning pathway you will watch one video lecture, and complete several readings.\n<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Examine the causes of World War One\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Explore how competition among the major powers and alliances between them contributed to the outbreak of war\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Learn how the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary ultimately sparked the war\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.066 seconds\nReal time usage: 2.317 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 104\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 776\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 2073\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 576\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:177454-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20161026163549 and revision id 1005688\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/whme102\/learning-pathways\/imperialism-modernization-and-resistance\/review\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/whme102\/learning-pathways\/the-causes-of-world-war-one\/the-causes-of-world-war-i\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renault FT tanks being operated by the US Army in France, 1918. There are many factors that contributed to the outbreak of World War One. New ideologies of imperialism, nationalism and capitalism played a role, as did military and economic competition among European powers. 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