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Imperialism
Imperialism is extending your empire or kingdom by conquering other territories. The conquered territories generally were exploited. -
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Nationalism
Nationalism is a more extreme version of patriotism. Nationalism is all about having complete loyalty to your country. Nationalism was one of the downfalls for the Europeans, because they thought that they could not lose. They thought this because they had not lost a lot and have not gone against a well equipped military before. http://alphahistory.com/worldwar1/nationalism/ -
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Alliances
There were six major powers involved in the war, there was the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance.The Triple Entente was made up of Britain, France, and Russia. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary.http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/worldwar1/a/World-War-One-The-Major-Alliances.htm -
Sinking of the Lusitania
On this day the US passenger boat known as The Lusitania was shot by torpedoes from a German U-boat. the impact this event had was it started to make America realize that they could not stay neutral. -
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie
On this date Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed. They were killed by a nationalist Serbian teen gunmen. This event set off a series of events that inevitably led to WWI. http://www.history.com/news/the-assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand-100-years-ago -
Germany's blank checks to Austria-Hungary
This was the time that Germany gave there full support to Serbia and any choice the made against Austria-Hungary. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-gives-austria-hungary-blank-check-assurance -
WWI begins
there were many events that led to the start of the war, here are just a few of those events. One event was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Another event was Austria-Hungary asking Germany for assistance on standing up to Russia. -
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militarism
militarism is when military power increases in civilian government. Militarism was one of the ways Hitler rose to power and start WWI.http://www.funfront.net/hist/wwi/military.htm -
Zimmermann telegram
This event was a telegram interception from Germany to Mexico that the US figured out. The telegram was the Germans offering land to the Mexicans if they helped them defeat the US. -
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
This was when Germany told the world that any boats sailing to Britain or around Britain would be sunk. many boats were sunk or attacked including the Lusitania. -
US entry into the war
some reasons they entered were Zimmermann telegram, the sinking of the Lusitania, and unrestricted submarine warfare. Americas impact was huge the fact that they just had so many numbers that were added to the allies side made them that much of a force and eventually led them to victory. -
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Treaty of Versailles
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles was the official end to the war. it was negotiated by the allied forces with a little bit of Germany's influence too. It contained 15 parts and 440 articles. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles -
Dawes plan and young plan
The Dawes plan was a plan for how Germany was going to pay back the allied forces. The young plan was a plan where people got together again to figure out how Germany was going to pay them back. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic time in the US. It all started with the crash of the stock market. This was a very hard time in the US history. -
Rise of Hitler
Hitler took advantage of a broken Germany after WWI. He worked his way up the chain of command, until he was able to take control of the government and have unlimited power.