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Chapter 24: The First World War

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Essay Questions
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This activity contains 4 questions.

	Discuss the factors that led Europe into war in 1914.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Explain how the industrial changes in the participating countries made WWI a new experience.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Discuss the Schlieffen Plan and its aims.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Discuss the "will to war" that European diplomats faced at the outbreak of WWI. Did industrialization influence the role of the diplomat?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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