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World War 1 details
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Militarism
Increase to military expansion after 1907 all over the world. -
Alliances
Alliances contributed to the outbreak of World War I by forcing the great powers of Europe to go to war when their allies did. -
Nationalism
It was this pan-Slavic nationalism that inspired the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914, an event that led directly to the outbreak of World War I. -
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and Wife
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip. -
Germany Gives Blank Check to Austria-Hungary
On July 5, 1914, in Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany pledges his country’s unconditional support for whatever action Austria-Hungary chooses to take in its conflict with Serbia, a long-running rivalry thrown into crisis by the assassination, the previous June 28, of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by a Serbian nationalist during an official visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Royal Navy blockaded Germany. -
Germany's Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
A string of attacks on merchant ships followed, culminating in the sinking of the British ship Lusitania by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note or Zimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany. -
US Entry Into WW1
The date of US entry into WW1 was April 6, 1917 when the nation was drawn into World War 1 on the side of the Allies. The United States of America entered the conflict, two and a half years after the war had begun on July 28, 1914, and declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917. -
Effects of WW1 on World
On the negative side, inflation was high and companies and corporations started the reduce wages and lay off workers to keep down operating costs. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
Rise of Hitlar
The rise of Hitler was started when he joined a political party known as Deutsche. This party eventually was known as the Nazi party. -
Dawes Plan
Under the plan Germany's reparation payments would be reduced. -
Young Plan
Young Plan was a second renegotiation of Germany's reparation payments. -
The Great Depression
The American economy entered an ordinary recession during the summer of 1929, as consumer spending dropped and unsold goods began to pile up, slowing production. Millions and millions of shares were ended up worthless. -
Imperialism in WW1
One final example of imperialism as a cause of WW1 was the Berlin-Baghdad railway that was built in 1903 until prior to 1914, connecting Berlin and Baghdad, where the Germans wished to establish a port so as to expand trade. This railway would have threatened the British trade exports and imports, giving Germany an economic dominance through trade
