Which of the following was an effect of militarism in Europe in the late 1800's?

Question

a)Nations made political and military alliances.
b)Strong governments developed.
c)Nations made economic alliances,
d)Political tension between nations was reduced.

Answer 1

a)Nations made political and military alliances:
b)Strong governments developed.
c)Nations made economic alliances,
d)Political tension between nations was reduced.

I would see it a tie between a) and b) because Nationalism ties into both strong governments being formed and the political and military alliances. After the Treaty of Berlin in 1878, the European continent's system of alliances really kicked in when the Ottoman Empire--a bone of contention between England, Austria-Hungary and Russia--began its public collapse. When Italy and especially Germany formed their empires in between 1868 and 1870, it sounded the alarm for nationalism: pride in ones nationality--which ironically was the background of both world wars (Germany and German Austrians against the "tainted" Slavs). Smarting from their wounds in the Franco-Prussian War, France was forever Germany bete noire, and it triggered Germany's fears of encirclement, particularly after the Three Emperors Treaty that Bismarck had put together between A-H, Germany and Russia fell apart and led Germany and A-H to see another ally in Italy (who was always unreliable--even in WWI). Britain and France were traditional enemies and Britain and Russia squabbled over Central Asia in the Great Game throughout the 19th century, but the growing "menace" of German militarism united the three, though Anglo-Russian relations were sketchy when Britain allied themselves with Japan, who later smashed Russia in the 1904-05 War. But after 1907, Germany felt itself encircled and the tensions mounted with the Dreadnought race with England. Couple that with A-H troubles in the Balkans and Germany meddling with the coveted Ottoman Empire and we've got the spark for WWI.

Answer 2

a) is right, as major European countries organized in to 2 great alliances , the "Entente cordiale" (UK, France and Russia) and the "Three parties agreement" (Germany, Austro-Hungary and Italy) Even if , inside these alliances, any country followed their own politic and porpoise.
b) correct, to some extents, even if there have been also many political scandals in those years,
c) Yes, there were some agreement, both on custom duties and on money circulation. One of the most expensive was the "Currency agreement" between France, Spain and Italy for having a common standard currency. A sort of ante litteram Euro.
d) well on the contrary tension among blocks was increased and WWI risked to explode at beginning of XX century, with Morocco Crisis

Answer 3

(a) is the best answer. (b) and (c) are both correct to a degree but were not necessarily a result of militarism in Europe.