Some causes of nations joining world war 1
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Military rivalry between powerful nations
- US: the Zimmermann Telegram and the sinking of the Lusitania
- Colonies: The wish that if they fought for for their European countries they could be free, and so they join the war, making it a World War effectively
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C. States rights to govern themselves.
Ending the institution of slavery
He wanted to create satellite states.
These were states that were independent in a fake way. They were independent from the Soviet Union but were all pro-soviet and had puppet governments that had to obey the Soviet Union. It was presented as if communism was their own choice and since they weren't officially a part of the union, they were a buffer towards the west.