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The Triple Alliance
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Three Major Crises Between the Great Powers.
The three crises between 1900 and 1914 were the First Moroccan Crisis, the Second Moroccan Crisis, and The Annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina -
The Triple Entente
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
A Serbian nationalist attacked Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, as they made their way through the streets of Sarajevo. Ferdinand was next in line for the throne and was not particularly well liked in aristocratic circles. However, his death caused a chain reaction of events culminating in the outbreak of World War I. -
Austria and Serbia
Austria presented Serbia with an ultimatum and gave them 48 hours to reply. The Serbs agreed to all of the Austrian demands bar one. The Austrians were so surprised that the foreign minister hid it for 2 days from the Germans. The Kaiser commented that the reply was “a great moral victory for Vienna, but with it, every reason for war disappears." -
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World War 1
The world's first global conflict, it included the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. -
Austrians Shell Belgrade
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Germany's ultimatum for Russia
The Germans offered for Russia to halt their mobilisation within 12 hours. They also presented one to France in which they were asked to stay neutral and hand over border fortresses as a guarantee. -
Germany declared war on Russia
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Germany declared war on France and its troops entered Belgium.
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Britain declared war on Germany
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The Treaty of Versailles Was Signed
This was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
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Terms of the Treaty were followed
Throughout the 1920’s, in nearly all parts of the Treaty, the terms were carried out. It was after 1933 that the terms were broken when the Nazis came to power. -
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The Great Depression
The longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. In the United States, the Great Depression began after the stock market crash of October 1929. Consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies laid off workers. -
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25 countries became dictatorships
Mass unemployment and poverty caused great anger and dictatorial governments told them their country was superior and it was ok for them to take what they wanted by force. It was exactly what they wanted to hear in the circumstances and caused 25 countries became dictatorships from 1929 to 1939. -
Nazi's came to power
Led by Adolf Hitler, the National Socialist German Workers' Party grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany through totalitarian means from 1933 to 1945.
