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The soon to be ruler of Austria Hungary and his wife Sophie were shot in killed during a visit to Sarajevo.
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"The blank check" is the way historians refer to Germanys insurace that they would support Austria Hungary isf hey descide to retaliate.
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A month later enraged Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
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Because Russia was Serbias ally they dclared war on Hungry. In response Germany declared war with Russia.
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France was an ally of Russia and becasue of this France was pulled into the war as well. Again to defend Austria-Hungary Germany decalred war on France.
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As a World War was beginning America was deciding to stay neutral.
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The battle of Tannenberg was fought between Germany and Russia in the first moth of WW1. This battle significantly weakened the Russian army.
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During the first battle of Marne the Germans used machine guns killing thousands of French soldiers at once. This forced the fighting style to be changed so trenches were dug.
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A German U boat attacked and sunk a unarmed boat that had suvilian passnegers on it. This enraged the American people however president Wilson wanted to stay neutral.
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Near the end of the year president Wilson decided to ready America for the possibiltiy of war.
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Legistlation passed the National Defense Act and Naval Construction Act which increased the size of the army and ordered building of war ships.
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The last straw for Americans is when Minister Aurthur Zimmerman worte a telegram to Mexico's leaders requestion an alliance. The terms of the alliance were if America declared war on Germany then Mexico will delcre war on Mexico.
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Enraged by the Zimmerman not the American people called for war and so did president Wilson. On April 6, 1917 we declared war.
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The Treaty of Versailles was a peace agreemnt between Germany and the Allied Powers. The Treaty entailed many things like reperations to be paid and to take full resposibility for the war.
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The Dawes plan was to help Germany pay its reperations. The plan was to reduce the payements and as German economy i proves the payemnts increase. In 1928 Young propsed that they start a payments plan that is repayed over a time period of 25 years.
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When the stock market crashed in October of 1929 Amrecias finances were in turmoil. It set off a chain reaction of finaincial failings. Eveywhere from banks to famrners were affected by it.
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Adolf Hitler came into power in 1933. Soon into his time of rule he began to start his path to attempted genocide.
