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Finishes a distant third to Britain and France for imperialism.
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This is followed after its defeat.
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At the time, Germany is still a new country.
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Austria-Hungary is put in charge of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Russia becomes Serbia's protectorate.
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Known as the Triple Alliance, this alliance was made to hurt France by depriving its possible allies.
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He was more interested in creating an overseas empire.
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This causes the U.S. to focus on business investments in Latin America.
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France provided funds to modernize Russia.
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Since Britain, France, and Russia are allowed to expand, then Germany believes they should too.
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Russia establishes protectorate over Mongolia.
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First link to Europe and Asia that expanded trade, landholding, and influence in East Asia.
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Russia and Japan go to war over Manchuria and Korea.
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This caused much resentment in Latin American towards Americans and blocked European powers from increased control in Latin America.
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U.S., Germany, and British force a settlement and Japan wins control over Korea.
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Britain joins due to concerns over Germany.
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This continues to add more fuel to the fire between the Balkan countries.
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Korea is won by Japan after Russo-Japanese War.
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Growing tensions between the B-H and A-H versus Serbia and Russia cause the war.
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This dramatically alters the balance of power in Europe.
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The first war ends Ottoman rule of the peninsula, and the second war divides the former Ottoman among Balkan nations, doubling Serbia's size.
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The country dramatically escalates its influence in economy and industry.
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This provided Russia with many important natural resources to support industrialization efforts.
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This includes Canada, India, and South Africa.
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Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb a part of the Black Hand, a secret terrorist organization, assassinates Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke of A-H, in Sarajevo of Bosnia.
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Many Europeans welcome the war due to their nationalistic pride.
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They fight alongside Germany's side.
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A large Russian force was decimated at Tannenberg.
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Austrian leaders expect Serbia to rebel against their harsh demands, but they do not, leading A-H to declare war on Serbia anyways.
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Since Russia is Serbia's protectorate, it protects Serbia against all invaders; and since Germany's supporting A-H, Germany and Russia go to war.
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When Belgium declares neutrality and Germany is required to go through Belgium, Germany goes through it anyways.
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The purpose of the declaration was in hopes of taking Germany's colonies.
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Together, they become the Central Powers.
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The Allies consisted of Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and other countries.
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This drove panicked troops from their defenses.
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A stalemate developed quickly.
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200,000 casualties occurred, but Turkish lost 250,000.
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They do this in response to Britain's naval blockade of Germany.
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The Lusitania was carrying 173 tons of ammunition and a thousand passengers from New York to London.
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This is caused by WWI.
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The stalemate lasted from 1914 to 1917.
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This became a devastating turn in the war.
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The overwhelming war causes it to fail.
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Russia signs a peace agreement with the Central Powers.
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They were only able to capture the city because in the summer there was an Arab uprising that drove out the Ottomans.
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Germany convinces Mexico to go to war with U.S. if they join Germany and that they will give Mexico New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.
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This immensely helped the Allies.
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He was a British poet and lieutenant of the British Army.
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12,000 Africans surrendered to 130,000 Allied troops for 3 years.
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These points addressed the end of the war; however, they were not embraced by the other Allied leaders.
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This is partially influenced by Wilson's Fourteen Points.
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The Germans launch a massive attack on the British for the next 2 months.
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American forces defeat Germans, pushing German army to the border of Germany.
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The German monarchy ended and it became a republic.
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Germany had to turn over all military equipment and troops to German soil.
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2.13 million to 387,000
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