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Nationalism
Nationalism gave people confidence in their nation, their governments and their military strength -
Alliances
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy created the triple alliance. In 1882 Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy created a defensive alliance to support each others militarily just in case they were attacked. -
Imperialism
After a territory is conwuered it is claimed as a colony. Colonies are governed by the imperial nation. Jan 6 1914 -
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his Wife
The assassination of Franz-Ferdinand and Sophie his wife set off a chain of events. Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbian government for the attack and wanted to use the incident as justification for answering the question of Slav nationalism once and for all -
Germany's Blank Check to Austria-Hungary
Just a week after Franz Ferdinand’s murder, the Austrians sent a convoy , Alexander, Graf von Hoyos, to Berlin. The memorandum or the emperor’s letter specified that Austria-Hungary wanted war. July 5, 1914, -
Effects of WWI
The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was more than 38 million. There were over 17 million deaths and 20 million wounded, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history. The number of deaths is about 11 million military personnel and about 7 million civilians. At the end of WWI, the Treaty of Versailles was signed creating nine new nations. These nations include Finland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. -
WWI begins
In Europe when Britain entered World War I, it was primarily in reaction to Germany invading Belgium. -
Militarism
Militarism is a system of great military power. This was one of the main causes of world WW1 with a raise in naval and military strength. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-boat shot a torpedoe and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner in route from New York to Liverpool, England. -
Zimmerman Telegram
British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann. The letter offered United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the Germans. -
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
Unrestricted submarine warfare was introduced in World War I when Germany stated the area around the British Isles a war zone. All merchant ships would be attacked by the German navy. -
US entry into the war and her impact on it
The reason the United States entered WW1 was to protect democratic nations from the threat of anti-democratic ones -
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. -
Rise of Hitler
Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in Germany and during the next 26 years he gained and exercised supreme power in Germany and, in the process, maybe even had more impact on the history of the world in the 20th century than any other political figure. -
Dawes Plan and Young Plan
The Dawes Plan were the Ruhr area was to be evacuated by foreign troops. Reparation payments would begin at 1 billion marks the first year, increasing annually to two and a half billion marks after five years. The Young Plan was a program for settling German reparations debts after World War I. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic decline in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the US, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash.
