ECH 1100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Massive Retaliation, Political Repression, Expected Utility Hypothesis

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The causes of the wwi (chapter 3 and 6: mutual defense alliance, allies (britain, italy, usa, france, serbia, belgium and russia, central power (germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and ottoman. Imperialism (a country increases their power and wealth by bringing additional territories under their control: battle between european countries for resources (asia and africa) The causes of the wwii (chapter 3 and 6: problem with the treaty of versaille, lloyd george (uk), orlando (italy), clemenceau (france), woodrow. Wilson (us) met to discuss how germany was going to pay back the damage. Based on wilson"s 14 points: germans weren"t happy with the government so voted for someone that would rip the treaty apart; adolf hitler. League of nation failed: not all countries joined the league, the league had no power, the league had no army, unable to act quickly, japanese expansion (against european empires and american interest)