WWI Cause and Effects Chart
Causes
Long Term-
Imperialist and economic rivalries among European powers
European alliance system
Militarism and arms race
Nationalist tensions in Balkans
Immediate
Austria- Hungary annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fighting the Balkans
Assassination of Francis Ferdinand
German Invasion of Belgium
Effects
Immediate
Enormous cost of lives and money
Creation of new nations
German loss of its overseas colonies
Long Term effects
Rise of Fascism
WWII
Emergence of US and Japan as powers