World War I, the treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression

By alej377

  • Imperialism

    Imperialism
    A policy of extending a country‘s power and influence their diplomacy or military force. 1898-1919

  • Militarism

    Militarism
    The Naval Race between Britain and Germany took place between 1906 and 1913. The seminal event was the creation of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 - a ship that completely outdated naval technology of the time.

  • Alliances

    Alliances
    Alliances by 1814 the six major powers of Europe for split into two alliances. Britain France and Russia were the triple entente. Germany Austria Hungary and a Talya were the triple alliances.

  • Nationalism

    Nationalism
    A strong believe that the interest of a particular nation state are of primary importance. Nationalism is an extreme form of patriotism.

  • Murder of Archduke and Sophie

    Murder of Archduke and Sophie
    On this day both Archduke and Sophie (his wife) were shot by Bosnian Serb nationalist during a visit to Bosnian capital. The murder lead to chains breaking and the World War I.

  • Germany's Blank check to Austria-Hungary

    Germany's Blank check to Austria-Hungary
    Germany started that they would support any choice Austria-Hungary chooses to take conflict with Serbia following the death of Archduke and his wife.

  • World War I

    World War I
    There were so many fallen chains that lead to the beginning of World War I. The most impacted event that really lead WWI to begin was the death of Archduke.

  • Sinking of Lusitania

    Sinking of Lusitania
    Less than a year after World War I began, Erupted across Europe, a German U-boat sank the RMS Lusitania a British ocean liner.

  • Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare

    Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare
    Germany's attack was unrestricted, Germany tired to justify the attack. They sinking of the ship lead to 1,201 drowning which included 128 Americans.

  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram
    This was a secret diplomacy communication from the German Foreign office.

  • United States entry in WWI

    United States entry in WWI
    The US stayed neutral throughout most of the war. Wilsons Public opinion changed resulting in the US entry in the war.

  • Effects of World War I

    Effects of World War I
    Resulting from WWI there was a tremendous amount of debt. The US saw economic and social changes. The US emerged from the War as a World Military and Industrial leader.

  • Rise of Hitler

    Rise of Hitler
    Began to rise to power in 1919/1920 when hitler joined the political party known as the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei.

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    This treaty was the most important of the Peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. Jun 28, 1919 - Jan 21, 1920

  • Dawes Plan

    Dawes Plan
    Under the Dawes Plan, Germany’s annual reparation payments would be reduced, increasing over time as its economy improved; the full amount to be paid, however, was left undetermined.

  • Young plan

    Young plan
    A program for settling Germany's debts following WWI.

  • Great Depression

    Great Depression
    A severe worldwide economic depression that took place from 1929-1941. The depression started in the US in 1929 when stock prices took a major fall.