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Nationalism
Nationalism is a form of extreme patriotic thoughts and feelings towards ones own country. The pride and wanting of having what you think is best for your country was a factor that led to World War I. -
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Imperialism
Imperialism is the extention of a country's power and influence through diplomatic or military means. Countries wanted to have control over materials and to show their strength to the rest of the world. -
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Militarism
Militarism is the desire and belief for a country to have strong military capability and to use the military to achieve the country's best interests. -
Alliances
There were two main alliances in the war. There was the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The Triple Entente mainly consisted of Britain, France, and Russia, while the Triple Alliance mainly consisted of Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Italy. The U.S. did not join an alliance until they entered the war. When they did, they chose to side with the Triple Entente. -
Assasination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
The assassination of the Archduke and his wife was done behind the idea that Bosnia belonged to Serbia. This caused Austria-Hungary to seek revenge and contact Germany. This was one of the main causes of World War I. -
Germany's Blank Check to Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary was upset and seeking revenge against Serbia for the assassination of the Archduke and his wife. They went to Germany to ask for support, which Germany said they would give them. The German Kaiser gave a telegram, known as the blank check, to Austria-Hungary to signal that Germany would back them. -
WWI Begins
There were many events that led to the start of World War I. The assassination of the Archduke was the big event that started a lot of other events. Germany invaded Belgium on August 4th, which contributed to the domino effect of events of the beginning of World War I. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Germany used its submarines to sink a U.S. passenger ship. This deeply angered America and its citizens. Germany promised to not use its submarines in this fashion again. That promise would later be broken. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram was sent from Germany to Mexico. It basically said that if the U.S. declared war on Germany, Mexico should declare war on the U.S. For this alliance, Mexico would recieve land back that it lost to the United States before. -
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany went back on their promise and began to use unrestricted marine warfare. They ignored the restrictions and used their submarines in ways that they were not allowed. This was also to pressure the U.S into war. -
US entry into the war
After the Zimmermann Telegram was intercepted, the U.S. was basically bound to enter the war. President Woodrow Wilson went to Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Later, the U.S. also declared was against Austria-Hungary. -
Effects of WWI
After the war, Germany was forced to return land, pay war reparations, and had many restrictions placed on them. There were new countries formed. Austria and Hungary separated. After the war, economy and manufacturing experienced a boom. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed at the end of the war. This treaty put many restrictions of Germany, forced them to pay war reparations and return Alsace-Lorraine to France. -
Dawes Plan and Young Plan
The Dawes and Young plans were made because of the World War I reparations that were owed. The economic plan had a long lasting effect and ended causing economic problems, especially for Germany. -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was one of, if not the worst economic downspins in history. An unstable distribution of wealth, along with the availability of credit and the crash of the stock market, led to this historic economic downfall. -
Rise of Hitler
During a time of worldwide economic trouble, Germany was hit extremely hard. Germany was in a bad spot, and its citizens were not happy with the economy, or the way Germany was being treated by the rest of the world. Hitler appealed to the emotions of the Germans in order to rise in power.