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Nationalism and its Effect
European countries at first formed multinational empires such as Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. With the beginning popularity of Nationalism, a lot of nations and countries began to favor being on their own. Also, with the spread of Social Darwinism, the slogan “survival of the fittest” might have contributed to a stronger urge to be your own country and also be a world power. This urge and pride, along with a few other things, was one of the factors that started WW1. -
Imperialism
Imperialism is a process and ideology that does not only focus on political dominance, but rather, conquest over expansion. Imperialism is particularly focused on the control that one group, often a state power, has on another group of people. -
Militarism
Militarism is the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. -
Alliances
There were two sets of alliances: The Triple Alliance, which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. The other alliance was The Triple Entente: which included the British, French, and Russians. -
Assasination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia. -
Blank Check
Austria requests and receives Germany’s “blank check,” pledging unconditional support if Russia enters the war. -
WW1 starts
The WW1 was inevitable when Germany invaded Belgium on August 4th, so Great Britain declared war against the Triple Alliance. Before this, Germany had declared war on Russia and France had declared war on Germany. -
Sinking of the RMS Louisiana
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the American entry into World War I and became an iconic symbol in military recruiting campaigns of why the war was being fought. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The text of the so-called Zimmermann Telegram, a message from the German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmermann, to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between the United States and Germany, is published on the front pages of newspapers across America. -
Germany resumes submarine warfare
After German submarines sunk the Louisiana, they promised not to use unrestricted submarine warfare. Later they ignored the U.S. and kept on using their submarines in any ways that they wanted. Which forced the U.S. to get ready for war and made the U.S. entrance into the war inevitable. -
US enters the war
The British intercepted a telegram from Arthur Zimmerman, a German, stating that if the US enters the war and sides with the allies that Mexico should declare war on the US. Zimmerman also said that Germany would support them financially and military wise. -
Effects of WW1
Millions lost their lives fight in WW1 and many caught diseases. Also, women were given more of a chance in the work world. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 27 June 1919. -
The Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan was an attempt in 1924 to solve the World War I reparations problem, which had bedeviled international politics following World War I and the Treaty of Versailles. -
The Young Plan
The Young Plan was a program for settling German reparations debts after World War I. It was written in 1929 and formally adopted in 1930. -
Great Depression
In the United States the stock market crashed, causing millions to be unemployed. There was hardly any trading going on with other countries at that point, so everyone in the world started to feel the wrath of the great depression. -
Rise of Hitler
After WW1 Germany was left to pay for all damages leaving them to become the poorest they have ever been, which is why the Germans were so easily influenced by Adolf Hitler. He told them that he would help them get back on their feet. He did help them at first, but soon he had his own set agenda with taking over the world, which would lead to the second world war.
