Why were people so enthusiastic about the war in 1914

Wars have been going their way for a while now, and propaganda and advertisement lifted everybody's spirits. Not only that, but also the advances in military/ warfare technology has improved immensely. These, among many factors, made winning the war possible, and made everyone more enthusiastic.

It developed as a reaction to the impact of european colonialism in africa on peoples of african descent. in the  mid-20th century, activists in africa adopted pan-africanism as a rallying cry for independence from colonial rule. some african pan-africanists sought to unite the continent as one independenthope it was useful