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nationalism and militarism
as countries strengthened their armies and strategized their plans of attack, glory and national honor became a very widespread attitude amongst citizens of powerful nations. -
allies/imperialism
at the climax of imperialism, European powers possessed colonies in almost all territory in the underdeveloped world. The deterioration of the Ottoman Empire attracted the attention of European powers, who sought territory, influence or access in the Balkans and eastern Europe. -
Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
A teenage Serbian nationalist shot Archduke and his wife as their motorcade was going down the streets of Sarajevo. Ferdinand wasn't the most liked in aristocratic circles. His death resulted in events culminating the outbreak of World War 1. -
Germany gives blank check to austria hungary
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany pledged to his country that he would have unconditional support for whatever action Austria-Hungary chose to take in its conflict to Serbia. This marked a leading break out of the first world war. without Germany's backing, the conflict in the Balkans might have remained localized. -
World War I begins
After Archduke's assassination it caused upraise amongst countries and resulted in a world war. Britain enters war because of a violation of Belgium's neutrality. -
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare was first introduced in World War I after the sinking of Lusitania. It was introduced when Germany declared the area around the British Isle, a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral counties, would be attacked by the German navy. -
Sinking of Lusitania
A German U-Boat torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. out of nearly 2,000 passengers, 1,100 of them died. This included more than 120 Americans. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from Zimmerman to the German minister to mexico, Von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to mexico in return for joining the German cause. this message helped draw the united states into the war and therefore changed the course of history. -
US Entry Into The War + Her Impact on It
President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. The U.S. loans sustained Britain and France in the war or they would have had to quit around 1917, lacking the money to buy food and raw materials, let alone pay the troops and buy munitions and equipment. -
Effects of WWI
The war ended with plentiful of casualties. The total casualties amounted to 37,468,904.The total amount killed and dead resulted to 8,528,831. Austria Hungary no longer existed after this. New nations were created; Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. -
Treaty of Versailles
Even though the war had already ended, the Treat of Versailles officially ended it. Germany and the allied powers signed it. The treaty deprived Germany of some of its territory, army size, overseas possessions, and a ban on of a lot of weapons. -
Great Depression
The US stock market underwent fast growth, reaching its climax in 1929 after a period of wild speculation. Shortly after, stock prices began to fall. By 1933, nearly half of America’s banks had failed, and unemployment was approaching 15 million people, or 30 percent of the workforce. The stock crash, bank failures, drought, and economic policy with Europe all contributed to the causes of the great depression. -
Dawes Plan and Young Plan
Dawes plan, arrangement for Germany’s payment of reparations after World War I. On the initiative of the British and U.S. governments, a committee of experts, presided over by an American financier. Young Plan, second negotiate again of Germany’s World War I reparation payments. A new committee, chaired by the American Owen D. Young, met in Paris on Feb. 11, 1929, to revise the Dawes Plan of 1924. -
Rise of Hitler
In the German parliament elections of November 1932, the Nazis lost almost two million votes from the previous elections of July. They only won about 33% of the vote. Its clear that the Nazis did not gain a majority in democratic elections, and Adolf Hitler agrees to a coalition with conservatives. After months of negotiations, the president of Germany, Paul Von Hindenburg, appointed Hitler chancellor of Germany in a government mainly run by conservatives on January 30, 1933.
