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Causes and Effects of WW1

  • Oct 4, 1371

    Ottoman Turks take over Serbia

    Cause: Imperialism
    Effect:Degration of Ottoman Empire
  • Germany wins Franco-Prussian War

    Cause:Tension between two countries
    Effect: France wanted to recover lost territory
  • Militarism

    Effect: Bigger ands stronger armies. Technology advances to be able to host war on land and sea
  • Otto van Bismark forms alliance with Italy and Austria-Hungary

    Cause: Safety and power
    Effect: Other European nations form alliances in fear
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II takes control of Germany

    Cause: Death of Kaiser Wilhelm I
    Effect: Kaiser Wilhem takes control over Germany and doesnt do a great job
  • German Militarism

    Cause: Industrial revolution and booming economy
    Effect: Tensions between British and Germans
  • France and Britian form alliance

  • Franz Ferdinand assasinated

    Cause: Serbian oppression by Austria-Hungary
    Effect: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
  • Russia mobilizes troops to defend Serbia

    Cause: Declaratrion of war on Serbia
    Effect: Germans enter war
  • Germany's March through Belgium

    Cause: France enters the war
    Effect: Great Britain enters the war
  • Germany declares war on France

    Cause: Germany knows France will protect Russia
    Effect: France enters the war
  • German U-boats sink Lusitania

    Cause: German hostility toward US helping allies
    Effect: US takes another step closer to getting in the war
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Cause: Germany wanted to attack the US from within
    Effect: US enters the war
  • Allies win major battle at Amiens

    Cause: Germans Stall
    Effect: Allies win WW1
  • Paris Peace Conference

    Cause: End of WW1 so treaties were needed.
    Effect: Treaty of Versailles