Please write a two-to-three-page essay explaining the causes of WWI. In your answer, please explicitly quote and discuss at least one specific passage from 2 different primary source documents below (there are 8 from which to choose, quote from at least 2).
Document 1: Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary, 7 October 1879. https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Dual_Alliance_Between_Austria-Hungary_and_Germany
Document 2: “British Foreign Policy” by A.B.C., etc., National Review, November, 1901. https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_ABC_Proposal_for_British_Foreign_Policy
Document 3: Interview of the Emperor Wilhelm II, London Daily Telegraph, October 28, 1908. https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Daily_Telegraph_Affair
Document 4: Official Statement of the German Government, “How Russia Betrayed Germany’s Confidence,” 1923. com/source/officialgermanstatement.htm” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>https://www.firstworldwar.com/source/officialgermanstatement.htm
Document 5: Woodrow Wilson, “Strict Accountability’ Warning to Germany,” 1915.
https://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilsonwarningfeb1915.htm
Document 6: Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Baron Kato’s Explanation of Japan’s Decision to go to War with Germany, August 1914. https://www.firstworldwar.com/source/tsingtau_kato.htm
Document 7: Proclamation by Sultan Mehmed V, November 1914. https://www.firstworldwar.com/source/mehmed_fetva.htm
Document 8: Italian Prime Minister, Antonio Salandra, “Declaration of Italy’s Entry into the War,” 1915. https://www.firstworldwar.com/source/italiandeclaration.htm
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