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In 1914 Austria-Hungary's throne was assassinated by Serb nationalist (from serbia).
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*Austria-Hungary: was split apart into separate national states,including Hungary,Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.
*Ottoman Empire(Turkey):They lost their Arab possessions in the Middle East.This terretories were made into french and british colonies.
*Germany:German emperor stepped down from power, germany then became a democracy.That's when Hitler decided to take over.
*Russia: The Communist dictatorship knowns as Vladimir Lennin has all the power and the people can't do anything about it. -
The USA decided to entered the war after Germans submarines attacked the American ships bringing supplies to Britain and France.
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In 1918 Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire decided to surrender.
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- The Collapse of Empires: President Wilson established nationalism and democracy as the basis of the future peace settlement.
- The Treaty of Versailles: The document that ended world war 1 in 1919.
- League of Nations: The leaguage of nations was the purpose to prevent future wars.
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The League of Nations was an association of countries that was suppose to bring peace. But the US rejected it and Russia was forbid to join.
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Adolf Hitlerr (1889-1945) a soldier of World War 1, became a leader of the Nazi Party.
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Benito Mussolini takes over the power of italy's governement and becomes a dictatorship.
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*Hitler blamed the Weimar Republic for Germany's humiliation in the Versailles Treaty and he urged Germans to abandon democracy.
*Aryan Race: He believed germans were superior care that deserver to rule the world and he turnednationalist beliefs into a form of racism.
*Anti-Semitism:He hated jews and ended up blamming them for causing Germany's defeat in the war.
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The Appeasement was suppose to easily stop Hitler.But then Britain and France decided to give in to Germans demand rather than confront Hitler.But Hitler kept making further demands.
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Legacy of WW1: Many nations avoid another war at all costs.
Treaty of Versailles: Germans thirsted for revenge then Hitler later promised to return Germany to greatness.
Instability of New Government: WW1 caused the collapse of existing governments.
Rise of Dictatorships:WW1 saw heightened of violence and destructiveness.
Failure of the League of nations: The inability of the League to avhieve international peace forstered instability throughout the world. -
When the Great Drepression came a lot of people were unemployed so they became nazis supporters.
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Hitler made additional territorial demands and invaded Poland.Then Britain and France declared war,Starting World War 2.
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New countries were created, and old ruling families lost their power.