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Alliances
During this time, all the major alliances that pulled the European countries into WW1 were made, from the treaty that guaranteed Belgium's neutrality, to the alliance that created the Triple Entente. -
Alliances
Different countries were allied with each other, meaning that if one country went to war, its allies had to support it and fight on its side. So WW1 started as a small localized conflict, but the network of alliances made itno a world war. -
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Imperialism
European counries and the U.S. were bringing territiries in Africa and Asia under their control. Increasing competition and desire for greater empires led to an increase in confrontation that helped start World War I. -
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Nationalism
Each country thought of itself as the greatest, best and most powerful. There was an extreme love for one's nation. -
Nationalism
All the countries considered that their country was the best. People wanted to live with their native people, not among some other nation. The start of the wat happened because of nationalism. The Archduke was assasinated because Serbian nationalists wanted to be a part of Serbia, not Austria-Hungary. -
Imperialism
All nations in Europe wanted to gain more colonies, to expand their lands. Before WW1 started, there already were small arguments between nations about who owned what territories. -
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World War 1 toTreaty of Versailles to Great Depression
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Militarism
Counrties were in an arms race, building their armies and navies, increasing the number of their weapons, especially Britain and Germany. Germany had the greatest increase in military buildup. -
MIlitarism
The countries were engaged in an arms race, trying to improve their weapons, armies, and navies, and all of them wanted to be first in the arms race. When WW1 started, countries had large armies and navies and deadly weapons. -
Assasiantion of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assasinated in Saravejo, Bosnia by Gavrilo Princep, a Serbian nationalist. This led to Austria-Hungary giving Serbia an ultimatum, which it declined. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Serbia's ally, Russia, declared war on Austria-Hungary, whose ally, Germany, declared war in Russia, and then all the other allied countries got involved as well, beginning World War 1. -
Start of World War 1
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World War 1 Ends
America becomes a global power.
Many lives were lost.
Four monarchies were ended.
Resuled in the downfall of the Austria-Hungarian empire, German empire, and Turkish empire.
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Negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles
The treaty had angered the German people, who thought that it was unfair to Germany. That is why they followed Adolph Hitler, who promised to get rid of the treaty.
Germans were angered that they were forced to take full blame for World War 1.
Hitler wanted to gain Germany's land back.
The reparations killed Germany's economy. It not only had to rebuild its own country, but also pay millions of dollars to other countries. -
Treaty of Versailles is signed.
Germany was forced to take all the blame for starting WW1.
Germany was foced to pay reparations.
Some of Germany's land, its colonies ,and Alsace-Lorraine was taken away from it.
Germany's army and navy were limited and they weren't allowed submatines or tanks.
League of Nations was set up to keep world peace.
Because other countries thought that the treaty was harsh on Germany, they didn't do anything while Hitler was rising to power and invading the first countries; then it was too late. -
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Great Depression
Germany was paying reparations to the European nations, who were paying off war debts to the United States. When the Great Depression hit, all of those payments stopped. The depression spread to Europe because the U.S. cut down on its loans. Germany was in poverty, which caused anger among German people at U.S., Britain, and France. The poverty and anger allowed Ho=itler to rise to power because he promised he would change the conditions, help improve the economy, get rid of the treaty. -
Great Depression spreads to Europe.
America cut down on its loans to Europe, which brought the depression there. Germany's economy, though already bad after WW1 and the payment of reparations, worsened when the depression came to Europe, causing anger among the people. Hitler rose to power because he promised to help the economy and create jobs, which he did do, putting himself in favor of the people.
