Nationalism: The Cause of World War I In the rising part of the 20th century many issues come to mind, when it comes to what was the cause of WWI. Nationalism can be described as one’s pride in their county or state. Loyalty was important in the early 20th century and that is why Nationalism was the cause of WWI. During the early part of the 20th century the idealism of being an independent …showed first 75 words of 544 total…

…showed last 75 words of 544 total…superior attitude towards other cultures could cause severe tension between whoever is involved, and in turn cause the inferior country to lash out causing a conflict or in this case war. Many issues and ideals may have attributed to the cause of WWI, but if one would look at the whole picture, they would see that at the heart of each ideal leads them back to the one important movement in the post-war era: Nationalism.