some leaders entered war to suppress disorder in their countries
Explanation:
Socialist labor movements and the incline of strikes were a source of internal strife. Not only that, but the competition for lands abroad also led to rivalries among European states. Besides, industrialization offered new methods of building weapons and ships using iron, steel and chemicals for weapons, which helped military leaders grow mass armies.
European leaders might have diverted attention away from internal dissent and problems by rallying their nations to the cause of war.
The nations of Europe were struggling to adjust to societal changes brought on by industrialization. There were workers strikes and rising socialist movements that caused internal tensions between the ruling classes and the working class. In some parts of Europe, such as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, nationalistic fervor by different ethnic groups was causing unrest within their borders also. Solving a nation's internal problems posed great difficulties. It was easier to point to other nations as the great threat and problem to their people's security. It seemed to leaders that "prosecuting an active foreign policy" (as some Austrian leaders put it) was a way to suppress internal domestic troubles.
It wasn't that they couldn't pay, it was just like the Hati revolution in a way, they were being taxed by a government that was across the ocean, and provided no benefits to the colonist, like roads or public services. Except military of course.
Containment was a foreign policy strategy followed by the United States during the Cold War. First laid out by George F. Kennan in 1947, the policy stated that communism needed to be contained and isolated, or else it would spread to neighboring countries
Explanation: From what my history class, it said that hunter gatherers came to North America from land bridges thousands of years ago, and primarily started in Alaska and Canada. Some Vikings did come here before Columbus but that is not the answer because they either left or didn't survive long.
