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In terms of power and influence, how did the structure of the international system differ in 1914 from that off 1880?
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History Essay On Declining and Growing Powers and Empires in Europe and the rise of United States of America Q. In terms of power and influence, how did the structure of the international system differ in 1914 from that off 1880? The structure of the international system differed in 1914 from that off 1880 because there was a major shift of power in Europe between Great Britain and Germany. Germany was challenging Great Britain's power outright while the United States was indirectly challenging Britain on an economic scale. This essay will demonstrate how a country's geography directly influences it's economic and military statistics from 1880-1914 and also the significant tensions between the European countries. The dominant power at 1880 was Great Britain and she remained a powerful country up to and beyond 1914. Britain held the greatest imperial empire of all time and with that she also had to maintain the biggest...
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