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Start Of The US Army
Congress passed a bill, creating the US Army -
Alaskan Purchase
America was looking to buy Alaska but couldn't because of the Civil War. After the war, the president signed a treaty, buying the property. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated
The leader of Austria-Hungary and his wife were killed. -
Alliances
Russia supported the Serbians while Germany supported Austria-Hungary. The Germans gave Austria-Hungary a telegrammed a blank check to Austria. This set the stage for a war in Eastern Europe. -
Start of a WW1
Four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Russia and Germany declare war on each other. France tells Great Britain to join, creating the Triple Entente alliance -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Germans torpedo a British ocean liner without warning. It killed 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
Germans sent a telegram to the head of Mexico, promising land from the USA if they helped fight in the war. This cause the USA to get angry and join the war. Mexico was to busy fighting a civil war to get involved. -
End of the War
The Battle of Amiens was the final battle of WW1 caused 9.7 million military deaths, nearly 8.9 million civilian deaths, and wounded 19.8 soldiers. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty was signed on June 28, 1919. The Germans were told to pay reparations, scale down many of its weapons, and resigned some of Germans boundaries. Many people of Germany agreed but some didn't. Some terrorist killed many politicians involved in the signing. -
Hitler's Political Start
After the chaos of WW1, Hitler took up political work in Munich. His group soon started a right-wing government. Hitler became the leader of the Nazi movement shortly after. -
Rises of New Countries
Six new countries formed were Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Estonia. These countries were formed after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire. -
The Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan was a plan for the collection of the German reparations after WW1. The Dawes Plan was created by the chairmanship of the American banker Charles G. Dawes as a war reparations payment plan for Germany. It was proposed by the Dawes Committee on April 9, 1924, and accepted by the Allied and German Governments on August 30, 1924. -
Young Plan
The Young Plan was the second renegotiation of Germany’s WW1 reparation payments. A new committee, run by Owen D. Young, met in Paris, to revise the Dawes Plan. Because of the rise of Hitler and the Great Depression, the plan was never accepted. -
Stock Market Crash
Investors traded nearly 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. This caused billions of dollars to be lost, which wiped out thousands of investors. -
Bank Failure
Because of the stock market crash, everyone ran to banks to withdraw all their money which cause banks to fail. 50% of America's banks had failed -
Hitler comes to Power
The president of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor of Germany.
