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Alliances
The six major powers of Europe were split into two alliances.
France, Africa, Great Britain, and Russia.
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife Sophie
As the car came abreast he stepped forward from the curb, The gunman drew his automatic pistol from his coat and fired two shots. The first struck Sophie, the wife of the Archduke, in the abdomen. She was an expectant mother. She died instantly.The second struck Archduke near his heart. The second bullet struck the Archduke close to the heart. -
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WORLD WAR 1, TREATY AND GREAT DEPRESSION
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Germany gives Austria-Hungary blank check assurance
in 1914 that Wilhelm II gave Austria before the first WW to do they do think fit and guaranteed that the German Reich will be on their side regardless of what Austria does. -
Militarism WW 1
An increase in military expenditure and an increase in military and naval rivalry led to a belief that war was coming. -
Nationalism
Many years before the war, the Europeans had a firm belief in their cultural, economic and military supremancy of their own nations. -
Imperialism
Imperialism is the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries. Imperialism was another reason that led to World War 1. -
World War 1 begins
Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China and off the coast of South and North America. The War went until November 11, 1918 -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Less than a year after World War I began, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England. -
Zimmerman Telegram
British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. -
Germanys resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany returns to the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare it had previously suspended in response to pressure from the United States and other neutral countries. -
US entry into War and impact on it
There were things such as the sinking of the Lusitania that turned American opinion closer to wanting to go to war. The continued sinking of merchant ships that likely led Wilson to appeal to Congress for a declaration of war. THe United States still had a strong army that hadn't been deterred by the years of fighting and their weapon helped the allies win ww1.
