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The Austrian Government thought that siberia was responsible for the assassination.
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Kaiser William II promised to help Austria
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Austria Declares War on Sibria.
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Germany invades Belgium and had to implement the Schlieffen plan
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On the Eastern front Germany curshes Russia's secondary army and takes over 92,000 prisoners
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They planned to scare the civilians
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Tsingtao is a lightly garrisoned port city on the Yellow Sea.
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Ypres, a Belgian city and communications hub, was essential to both sides. In the First Battle of Ypres, entrenched Allies fight off German assault. Germans give up their offensive by November 24 as stormy weather set in.
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Germany warns neutral ships in brithish waters that they will be destroyed
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Germans use poisonous gas and hurt 10,000 troops
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A total of 1,198 drown, including many women and children and 124 U.S. citizens and because of the world being angry with the germans. the germans stopped using their submarines
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In London, women demonstrate for the right to work in war industries with banners proclaiming: “Women Demand the Right to Serve” and “The Situation is Serious
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Belgians are force to work for Germany
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The United States is alerted of this plot by Germany agianst America.
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President Willson asks congress for a Declartion of war on Germany
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Millions of American men sign up for draft on the first day.
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Britain launch an attack in Ypres on the Germans
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A treaty is formed between Russia and Germany
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U.S. Marines launch an attack against German storm troopers
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Americans began their most important battle of the war as part of Marshal Foch’s final offensive on Western Front.
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President Wilson goes to Paris for peace parley
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President Wilson believes that the treaty can prevent another war.
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This treaty ends the war
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The Beer Hall Putsch takes place in which Adoif Hitler unsuccessfully leads the Nazis in an attempt to overthrow the German government. It is crushed by police the next day.
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Leader of the soviet Union Vladimir Lenin dies, and Joseph Stalin begins purging rivals to clear the way for his leadership
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Adoif Hilter is sentenced to five years in jail for his participationin the Beer Hall Putsch (he serves only 8 months).
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More than 3.2 million people are unemployed, up from 1.5 million before the October, 1929 crash.
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Texas congressman Wright Patman introduces legislation authorizing immediate payment of "bonus" funds to veterans of World War I. The "bonus bill" had been passed in 1924. It allots bonuses, in the form of "adjusted service certificates," equaling $1 a day for each day of service in the U.S., and $1.25 for each day overseas. President Hoover is against payment of these funds, saying it would cost the Treasury $4 billion.
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They began to break out in parts of the U.S. In Minneapolis, several hundred men and women smash the windows of a grocery market and make off with fruit, canned goods, bacon, and ham. One of the store's owners pulled out a gun to stop the looters, but is lept upon and has his arm broken. The "riot" is brought under control by 100 policemen. Seven people are arrested.
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At the time of the collapse, the bank had over $200 million in deposits, making it the largest single bank failure in the nation's history.
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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized to lend needy states sums from the National Treasury. The money is to target relief and public works projects. President Hoover signs a $100,000 transportation bill to assist "bonus Army" demonstrators in getting home. He sets a July 24 deadline for the men to abandon their encampments. On July 28, when some "bonus Army" members resist being moved from their camps, violence erupts, leading to the deaths of two veterans. Hoover orders Federal
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Before a crowd of 100,000 at the Capitol Plaza in Washington, D.C., Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated. FDR tells the crowd, "The people of the United States have not failed. In their need they have registered a mandate that they want direct, vigorous action. They have asked for discipline and direction under leadership. They have made me the present instrument of their wishes. In the spirit of the gift I take it."
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The National Youth Administration is set up to address the needs of young men and women (who are not allowed in the CCC). The NYA works on two levels: a student-work program and an out-of-school program. The student-work program provides students with odd jobs that pay them enough to stay in school. The out-of-school program sets young people up with various jobs ranging from house painting to cleaning local parks, and eventually comes to include vocational training.
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The San Francisco News publishes a series of articles written by John Steinbeck called "The Harvest Gypsies." The series explores the hardships faced by those living and working in migrant labor camps. Steinbeck writes, "...One has only to go into the squatters' camps where the families live on the ground and have no homes... to look at the strong purposeful faces, often filled with pain... to know that this new race is here to stay and that heed must be taken of it."
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The slow economic recovery made possible by New Deal programs suffers a setback as unemployment rises. FDR's detractors call it the start of the "Roosevelt recession."
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FDR asks Congress to authorize $3.75 billion in federal spending to stimulate the sagging economy. Economic indicators respond favorably over the next few months. Still, unemployment will remain high and is predicted to stay that way for some time.
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Franklin Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented third term as president, defeating Wendell Willkie. FDR's victory is seen as proof of the nation's support of his war policies. Roosevelt lobbies Congress to pass the Lend-Lease Act, which will aid Britain in its struggle to fend off Germany.
