The Path to Global Conflict
WORLDHISTORY PROJECT 1200 / LESSON 7.1OPENERTHE PATH TO GLOBAL CONFLICTUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “The Path to Global Conflict,” OER Project, www.oerproject.com/1PurposeThis activity asks you to use your previous knowledge to make some predictions about the transformations of the long nineteenth century, including how the tensions created by many of these changes would send the world to war in1914.Process1.Examine the 1908 Puck magazine illustration below. Then,respond to the questions on page2: 1909 cartoon from Puck Magazine shows United States, Germany, Britain, France and Japan engaged in naval race in a "no limit" game. L. M. Glackens (1866-1933: N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building. Public domain. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011647506/.
WORLDHISTORY PROJECT 1200 / LESSON 7.1OPENERTHE PATH TO GLOBAL CONFLICT22.Which transformations of the long nineteenth century are representedin this illustration?3.How might each of the transformations you identified lead the world to war just six years after the publication of this edition of Puck?