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Militarism
Militarism is the belief that a country should maintain a strong military. A great exaple of militarism is that in 1913-1914 Germany increased the number of soldiers by 170,000. -
Alliances
The alliances system is when countries come together to achieve a goal. It was one of the main causes of World war 1. The alliance system was two groups, The Central powers (Germany, Austria-hungary, Italy(1914), and Turkey.) and The Allied powers (Russia, France, Great Britain, and The United States.) -
Imperialism
Imperialism is a system that allows a powerful nation control or exploits colonies. A great example of imperialism is when World war 1 started Britain controlled an empire 140 times bigger than itself and France controlled an empire 20 times bigger than itself. -
Nationalism
Nationalism is the feeling of patriotic towards a country. One nationalism example in World war 1 is when European military powers led to the war. The feeling of nationalism made countries not want to work together. -
WWI begins
The WW1 began after Gavrilo Princip a Serbian nationalist killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This was one of the many events that led to WW1. -
Assassination
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie was on June 28, 1914. The assassination started a domino affect of events that led to World War 1. -
Germany's Blank Check to Austria-Hungary
On July 5th, 1914 Germany made their first error by giving Austria-Hungary the full support of any action they take to punish Serbia. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7th, 1915 a German U-boat sank the Lusitania which was a British ocean liner. Out of the 1,900 passengers and crew members on board, more than 1,100 died. Out of the 1,100 who died, 120 were Americans. -
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
On February 2nd 1917, the threat of German U-boat submarine rises again. Germany returned to the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare after being previously suspended. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram was a message from Author Zimmerman (German secretary) to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance just in case of a war with the United states and Mexico. -
US entry into the war
The US was pulled into World War 1 so they can be help the allies. The US joined two and a half years after the war started and declared war on Germany. -
Effects of WWI
In World War 1 over 16 million people died. Counting civilians and military around 37 million died. The Treaty of Versailles created 9 new nations, Finland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. -
Treaty of Versailles
World War 1 finally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. It reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations. -
Dawes Plan and Young Plan
The Dawes plan was attempt to solve the World War 1 reparations problem. The young plan was a program for settling German reparations debts after WW1. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression started in 1929 and lasted until 1939. It started after the stock market crash. It sent Wall street into a panic and wiped out million of investors. -
Rise of Hitler
The rise of Hitler started in 1930s during the Great Depression. Hitler was a powerful speaker who attracted Germans that wanted a change.
