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Militarism
Militarism is when the government gives the army and the military a high view and position in society. Armies all around the world doubled, tripled and constantly just grew in size and the United States was not an exception. Propaganda was everywhere in attempt to create an even larger and stronger military. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty wasn't well received by Germany. The nation was totally blamed for the first world war and was forced to pay compensation to the allies under the war guilt clause of this treaty. The war guilt clause made the Germans take full responsibility for the war and also cost them. One tenth of German lands were lost as a result, all of overseas colonies were taken away and split between the allies creating a new Germany. -
Imperialism
Imperialism is a system in which a nation that is powerful exploits as well as controls smaller colonies. Throughout WW1 the U.S. followed this procedure of Imperialism by extending themselves to many smaller places such as Hawaii, Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and others. Imperialism was so supported by so many because it affected the economy in a great way and also allowed the United States to receive new, raw materials from the places which they extended their services to. -
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie
This is an event which many trace to as the beginning of the first World War. This event was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie. They were shot by a man named Gavrilo Princip. Sophie, could not be considered royal due to her birth as a poor czech aristocrat, but still she travelled with her husband and a Serbian nationalist tried to throw a bomb at their car not killing them but injuring the guard. After this they were shot by Princip who took the chance. -
Germany's Blank Check to Austria-Hungary
Wilhelm II and his Imperial Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, both telegrammed Berchtold on July 6th, that Austria-Hungary could have the support of Germany and that they would back up whatever action was needed in order to deal with Serbia, and to bring into effect, offering von Berchtold a blank check. -
WWI Begins
One of the largest wars which included over 70 million people mobilized began. A struggle for power and justice began as countries made allies and took sides, promising to protect one another and lend each other their resources. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
On 4 February 1915 Germany declared the seas and area around Great Britain a war zone and so it became available to submarine warfare and that also meant thet allied ships in the area would be sunk without any sort of warning whatsoever. The Germans strongly believed that the submarine, Lusitania was carrying war supplies and so due to this belif the ship was sunk. -
Zimmerman's Telegram
The Zimmermann Note was a secret diplomatic communication which was sent from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 which proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico's military which was actually prior to the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
US Entry Into the War
Even though the war began with the Nazi Germany's attack on Poland in 1939, the U.S. did not part take in the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941. Upon entering the war, there wasn't any immediate military or economic impact on the war because the Allies had already relied on American industry prior to this to provide them with resources for the war, but fresh American troops were perhaps the greatest contribution to the war. -
Alliances
World War 1 began as a local war between two countries, Austria-Hungary and Serbia and with time more and more people joined in order to support a side ot to go against someone in the war. The U.S. finally joined in April 6th 1917 against Germany. -
War Casualties
The entire number of military as well as civilian casualties in World War I, was estimated to around 40 million. There were 21 million wounded and 20 million deaths. The whole number of deaths includes 9.7 million military personnel and about 10 million civilians. The Entente Powers (the Allies) lost around 5.7 million soldiers and all while the Central Powers lost about 4 million. -
Rise of Hitler
During the social chaos that followed Germany’s loss, Hitler took up in political work in Munich in 1919. As an army political agent, he part took the small German Workers’ Party in Munich. Then, in 1920 he was promoted by being put in charge of the party’s propaganda, he left the army to give himself to improving his place within the party, which was renamed the National-sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (Nazi). Everything was in place for the development of such a party. -
Dawes Plan and Young Plan
The Dawes Plan, proposed by the Dawes Committee, was a shot in 1924 to solve the reparation problems from World War I that cost Germany and which had annoyed international politics following World War I and the Treaty of Versailles. The plan gave an end to the Allied occupation, and a difficult payment plan for Germany's war reparations. This Plan resolved a serious international crisis. -
Great Depression
The Stock market crashed, but this was not solely due to the Great Depression, it did though increase and quicken the global economic collapse. Bank failures, drought conditions, and American Economic Policy with Europe were all seen as factors which brought the Great Depression. Worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929, lasted about till 1939. The social and cultural effects were no less difficult to overcome, especially in the U.S.
