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Militarism
Militarism is the desire of government to establish and maintain a strong forceful military. In Russia and Germany the military began to have influence on public policy. The increase in militarism made the push to involve countries in World War I. -
Alliances
Over time countries throughout Europe used mutual alliances that would involve agreements to be pulled into war. This meant that if one country entered war the allied country had to also be involved. This alliance strategy created a huge domino effect throughout the world in which ended up pulling a big majority of the world into war. -
Imperialism
Imperialism is when countries want to increase their power by taking over power and wealth from other territories. Before the start of WWI Asian and African territories were highly over powered by European countries. Because of the materials that could be provided from these other contents the desire to have a greater empire led to confrontation leading up to WWI. -
Nationalism
Nationalism led directly to the war because Bosnia and Herzegovina wanted to become part of Serbia and did not want to be part of Austria Hungary anymore. Various European countries were affected by nationalism as well leading up and throughout WW1. -
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie
Widely recognized as the definite, immediate cause that sparked the start of ww1 was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. A nationalist from Serbia assassinated his wife and him in Bosnia in protest to Austria-Hungary holding control over the region. This event led to a war declared by Austria-Hungary on Serbia. This spark in war led to a chain reaction with the alliances and created the start of WW1. -
WWI begins
After the assassination of Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and it led to a domino effect of allied nations jumping into war. Britain, France and Russia formed the Triple Entente while Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy created the Triple Alliance. This led to Germany declaring war on France which in turn made Britain automatically involved because of the alliance. -
Germany's Blank Check to Austria-Hungary
German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, began to have his country fully support any action of Austria-Hungary against Serbia. Documents forming the alliance between Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria did not specify that the country wanted war. Kaiser’s pledge, “blank check” caused an outbreak leading into WWI in the summer. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
May 7, 1915, Germany had sunk the RMS Lusitania which was an ocean liner ship on its way to England from New York. 1,100 of 1,900 passengers survived the torpedo attack. The upset from this event caused the public to arouse strong opinions against Germany. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Arthur Zimmermann, German secretary sent a message to the German ambassador of Mexico proposing alliance in the case of war between United States and Germany. In the telegram read by the British in January concluded that Germany offered significant financial aid to Mexico if they accepted to ally. After the United States found out President Woodrow Wilson proposed that the US be armed just in case of possible German attacks. -
US entry into the war and her impact on it
April 2, 1917 president Woodrow Wilson requests declaration of war against Germany. After Germany going against the United States pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare then going after mexico to entice the country into a alliance against the U.S. The effect of the United States entering war helped its alliance France and Britain succeed over the reign of the German forces. -
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
After the rising tension of using unrestricted submarine warfare in Germany came to a halt because of the severity of their actions a new proposal was made to resume submarine warfare. This proposal was pushed heavily by the German army and Navy and was supported by officials and many people in Germany. The proposal went through and was announced January 31, 1917 by Bethmann Hollweg that Submarine welfare would resume. -
Treaty of Versailles
A treaty hugely involved with the allied powers and with little participation from Germany was created and sectioned into parts to be made clear to Germany and its new regulations. The newly made treaty was a huge blow to Germany and its people. Right wing German parties viewed the signing as betrayal to Germany and assasinated several politicians who they felt had responsibility in the signing. The Germans felt unheard and were angered by the treaty. -
Effects of WWI
Throughout the entire war 9 million soldiers, flyers, and sailors had lost lives. Including 5 million civilians in 28 different countries. Over $300 billion of direct and indirect costs and 7 million people were left permanently paralyzed. Austria-Hungary split into Austria and Hungary by the end of World War I. After the end of WWI the United States did not want another terrible war breakout. Many anti-war organizations sprouted up. -
Dawes Plan and Young Plan
A plan created by the U.S to help stabilize debt payments was proposed to Germany and the allied countries in hopes of coming to an agreement. The plan involved loaning Germany a certain amount of money to repay to allies then the allies would exchange to the U.S. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression began after the stock market crash in October of 1929. The Depression caused a massive downfall in industrial output and unemployment throughout the country. In 1933 was rock bottom when over half the country’s banks failed and 15 million people became unemployed. -
Rise of Hitler
After World War I had come to an end, Germany had struggled financially, politically, and economically. German soldier, Adolf Hitler, had spoke up about what the public had feared and stated support and compromises that “could” help the country. Hitler had become Chancellor and the Nazi Party held up the country in the 1920’s. -
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