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Militarism
The war ended as a crushing defeat of the French by several unified German states. With their victory the various German states unified and became the undisputed military power on the European continent. This struck fear into its neighbors who rushed to improve their military capabilities. -
Alliances
Triple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War I. -
Nationalism
In the early 1900s,nationalism created a fierce competition and rivalry between Europe’s powers. These powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, and France. In order to be the greatest of the great nations, the nation would have to be the best at everything- both militarily and economically. -
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie
The couple was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was a member of the Black Hand secret society. The assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary's South Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Yugoslavia. -
Germany's Blank Check to Austria-Hungary
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany pledges his country’s unconditional support for whatever action Austria-Hungary chooses to take in its conflict with Serbia, a long-running rivalry thrown into crisis by the assassination that happened with Archduke Franz. -
WWI Begins
The first battle of WW1 was the Battle of the Marne. It was the largest battle in the whole entire war. On August 4 Britain joined the war when Germany attacked France through Belgium. -
Imperialism
Agreement was sealed between France and UK - with Russian assent - between November 1915 and March 1916. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany.The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-Boat -
Zimmerman Telegram
Zimmerman Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office. It proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
Bethmann Hollweg went before the German Reichstag government and made the announcement that unrestricted submarine warfare would resume the next day, February 1. -
US entry into the War
President Woodrow Wilson tried his bets to stay out of the war for about 2 and a half years. But that he declared war against Germany because Germany renewed its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare that it had abandoned in 1915. -
Effects of WWI
The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919 and the Women's Suffrage Clause, was ratified on August 18, 1920. Women's suffrage gave the right of a woman to vote -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
Dawes Plan and Young Plan
The Dawes Plan was an attempt to solve the World War I reparations problem that Germany had to pay, which had bedeviled international politics following World War I and the Treaty of Versailles. -
Great Depression
Great Depression was a world wide economic depression that showed how low economics could go for every country. It lasted for about 20 years. -
Rise of Hitler
Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in Germany in September 1919 when Hitler joined the political party known as the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei – DAP.
