Great depression

World At War and Beyond

By Pegun
  • Causes- Miltarism

    Causes- Miltarism

  • Causes- Alliances

    Causes- Alliances

  • Causes- Imperialism

    Causes- Imperialism

  • Causes- Nationalism

    Causes- Nationalism

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinard was assassinated by Serbain nationalist Gavrilo Princip

    Archduke Franz Ferdinard was assassinated by Serbain nationalist Gavrilo Princip

  • Period: to

    World War I

  • Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia

  • Germany declared war on Russia.

    This also started the Schlieffen Plan.
  • U.S declared war on Germany

    U.S declared war on Germany

  • Russians sign seperate peace with Germans

    (Treaty of Brest-Litousk)
  • Effects- Damage was about 100 trillion U.S Dollars

    Effects- Damage was about 100 trillion U.S Dollars

  • Effects- 15 million people were killed

  • Effects- People got Spanish flu from being stuck in trenches

    Effects- People got Spanish flu from being stuck in trenches

  • People had too much confidence in the economy

    People had too much confidence in the economy

  • Factories produced more goods than they could sell.

    Factories produced more goods than they could sell.

    Farmers producing too many crops is an example.
  • Americans borowed and spent too much

    Americans borowed and spent too much

  • People also made careless investments

    People also made careless investments

  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    Values of stocks "crashed"
  • Period: to

    THe Great Depression

  • Food riots started in city across the United States.

    Food riots started in city across the United States.

  • Adolf Hitler became leader of the Nazis and dictator of Germany.

    Adolf Hitler became leader of the Nazis and dictator of Germany.

    This was so he could help solve Germany's economic problems.
  • Social Security Act was established

    Social Security Act was established

    Benefited retired, disabled, or disemployed citizens

  • Effects- Many businesses and factories closed

  • Effects- People bought and invested less

  • Effects- Unemployment rates were very high

  • Effects- People became homeless

    Effects- People became homeless

    People lived in hoovervilles

  • Causes-The Prussian Militarism

    It was the force that made Germany so powerful, and made it possible for a man like Adolf Hitler to gain total control of it.
  • Causes-Adolf Hitler

    Causes-Adolf Hitler

    He started the greatest and cruelest war in history, in his planned attempt to vastly expand Germany and to dominate the entire world.

  • Causes- Appeasement

    Britain and France could have stopped Hitler when Germany was weak, but their desire to totally avoid violence just helped Hitler rebuild Germany's military strength until it was too late to stop him.
  • Hitler launches invasion of Poland

    Hitler launches invasion of Poland

  • Period: to

    World War II

  • France signed an armistice with Germany

    Agreeing to German occupation of northern France and the coast.

  • Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa

    Consisting of an attack army of 4 million men spread out along a 2,000-mile front in three massive offensives
  • Pearl Harbor is attacked

    Pearl Harbor is attacked

  • D-Day General Dwight Eisenhower launched an invasion of Normandy

    D-Day General Dwight Eisenhower launched an invasion of Normandy

  • Effects- Decolonization

    Effects- Decolonization

  • Germany surrendered unconditionally

  • Emperor Hirohito surrenders (V-J Day)

    Emperor Hirohito surrenders (V-J Day)