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European Militarism Sky Rockets
From 1900 to 1914, the amount of money spent on the military greatly increased. One of the greatest changes in military spending and preparation was displayed by the Germans, who upped military spending by 73% and had 29 U-Boats made. This preparation made World War I all the more destructive due to the new firepower and weapons that were introduced into the war. Photo: http://www.historywiz.com/militarism.html -
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Imperialism
Imperialism is when a powerful country exploits a lesser country. This strategy was used a lot during the World War 1 time period. Examples of imperialism during 1914 include Britain's control of India and the United States control of the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Photo: http://kingcluthkenar.weebly.com/imperialism.html -
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Formation of Alliances
The formation of alliances played an important part in the war, and were one of the major causes. The two major alliances that were formed were the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. The Triple Entente included Russia France and Britain. The Triple Alliance included Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary. Photo: http://year9-10ww1.weebly.com/alliances.html -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie
The assassination of the heir to Austria-Hungary's throne by a Bosnian Serb is what began the conflict that started the war. Serbia's outrage at the Austro-Hungarian annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina caused a group of young, poor men began plans to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.The assassination caused Austria-Hungary to gain German support against Serbia. When they declared war on Serbia only weeks after the death of the Archduke, the rest of Europe got involved almost instantly. -
Germany's Blank Check
After the assassination of their heir to the throne, Austria-Hungary came to Germany asking for them to side with them against the Serbians. Germany, who had always favored Austria-Hungary, gave them their definite support, which is known as the "blank check assurance". Getting Germany involved in this war brought greater powers into the fight and threatened to bring other one's into it too. -
World War I Begins
After events such as the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary and Britain's propelling into military action against Germany, World War I officially stared on July 28 of 1914. Little did the participating countries know that this war would come at the heavy price of millions of causalities all around. -
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The Effects of World War I
World War I was disastrous for the whole world. As one of the deadliest conflicts in history, there were 38 million casualties. This number included civilians and military. Many new countries were formed as a result of the war as well, such as Austria, Finland, Latvia and Poland. Photo: http://www.worldwar1.com/tlcrates.htm -
Germany's Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
After the sinking of the Lusitania, Britain and America called for a restraint on the German's use of submarine warfare. Germany, however, was not so fond of that idea, and decided to continue the use of submarine warfare without restriction. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the British ocean liner named the RMS Lusitania turned peoples opinions against Germany. Out of the more than 1,900 passengers on board, more than 1,100 people were killed by the German U-boat attack. -
Zimmerman Note
The Zimmerman note was a telegraph sent by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman to Heinrich Von Eckardt, Germany's ambassador to Mexico. This letter told him to encourage the Mexican president to forge an alliance with Germany against the US. He promised Mexico the territory they had lost to America. After the telegraph was intercepted by the British, they showed it to the US. American's were outraged by the telegraph, and it is one of the main causes that pushed the US into the war. -
The United States Enters World War I
After happenings such as the Zimmerman Note and the sinking of the Lusitania, the United States was at it's wits end with Germany. Congress and the House of Representatives both voted for war against Germany, and war was officially declared in early April of 1917, thrusting the US headfirst into the war. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles, negotiated in Paris, France, officially ended World War I. The treaty negotiated the split and formation of countries and forced Germany to own up to all of their wrongdoings in the war. Most of the blame was thrown at them, and they were treated poorly by the counties signing the treaty. -
Hitler's Rise to Power
Adolf Hitler's rise to power began when he joined an anti-Marxist group.He quickly gained popularity in the group because of his public speaking skills and willingness to use whatever measures were needed to achieve the goal's of the group. Using threats along with his popularity, Hitler quickly rose to power as the head of the Nazi Party. His radical, violent ideas would lead into the second World War and claim the lives of thousands. -
Dawes Plan
The Dawes plan was a plan proposed by Charles G. Dawes in late 1923. The Dawes plan made Germany's reparation payments lower until the economy improved. The payments would increase with the improvement of the economy, but the final amount due was not set. Germany also took out loans from countries such as the US to help repay their debts to countries like the UK and France. With the help of the loans, Germany was able to repay their reparation payments to these countries in full. -
The Young Plan
The Young plan, like the Dawes Plan, was a plan made by a committee of people in attempt to settle the problem of reparation payments. This time though, they wanted to settle the problem for good. The plan had a similar basis to the Dawes plan; help repay the debts by loans from the US. Even though the Great Depression proved a roadblock in the completion of the plan, the Young plan achieved the lasting effect of the creation of a Bank for International Settlement. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a time of great hardship for almost all Americans. Following the stock market crash in October 1929, consumer spending decreased and unemployment rose, causing the country to fall into a financial crisis. The depression finally started to turn around after measures put to work by Franklin D. Roosevelt, but it wasn't until the arrival of World War II that it was really reversed. Photo: http://www.npr.org/2012/07/11/155991507/did-the-great-recession-bring-back-the-1930s
