The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist
How was Franz Ferdinand assassinated on June 28, 1914?
Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia. Because of alliances, Germany, Russia, France, and Britain were all pulled into the war
How did Franz Ferdinand’s assassination lead to WW1?
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The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist
How was Franz Ferdinand assassinated on June 28, 1914?
Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia. Because of alliances, Germany, Russia, France, and Britain were all pulled into the war
How did Franz Ferdinand’s assassination lead to WW1?
Strong pride in your country or ethnic group, which made nations or people want to prove they were better than others
What was nationalism during WW1?
When powerful countries tried to take over more land and build empires
What was imperialism during WW!?
The belief that having a strong army was the best way to solve problems, so countries kept building weapons and preparing for war
What was militarism during WW1?
Triple Entente was before the war and they became the Allied Powers during WW1
What was the Triple Entente?
France, Britain and Russia
What countries were apart of the Triple Entente?
These countries agreed to cooperate, but it wasn't a formal military alliance at first. Once the war started, they became the core of the Allied Powers
What was the basis of Triple Entente?
Central Powers were known as the Triple Alliance before WW1
What was the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria Hungary and Italy
What countries were apart of the Triple Alliance?
Italy was in the Triple Alliance, it did not fight with the Central Powers though — it ended up fighting against them with the Allies because they wanted land promised by Britain and France
What was the outcome of Italy switching to the Allied Powers from the Central Powers?
France, United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, United States, Japan, Serbia and Belgium
What countries were in the Allied Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman-Empire and Bulgaria
What countries were in the Central Powers?
The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers because they wanted to protect their empire and regain lost lands
Why did the Ottoman Empire join the Central Powers?
Joined the Central Powers in 1915 to fight its rival, Serbia, and gain territory
Why did Bulgaria join the Central Powers?
Japan joined the Allies in 1914 to expand its empire
Why did Japan join the Allied Powers?
Serbia joined the Allies after Austria-Hungary attacked in 1914 and they helped fight during World War I
Why did Serbia join the Allied Powers?
Belgium was neutral, but Germany invaded it in 1914, which led Britain to join WW1 to defend Belgium
Why did Belgium join the Allied Powers?
At first, the US stayed neutral from 1914-1917. But it sold supplies to Allies and grew economically
When the US was neutral which alliance did they sell supplies to?
In 1917, Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare sank US ships like the Lusitania and this pushed the US to join WW1
What did Germany do to the US in 1917 that made them go into WW1?
The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret message from Germany to Mexico that pushed the US to join the war
What impact did the Zimmermann Telegram have on the US going into war?
The US had strong trade and loans with the Allies and wanted to protect those interests
Why did the US troops join the Allied Powers?
President Woodrow Wilson wanted to “make the world safe for democracy” by helping the Allies
Why did President Woodrow Wilson want to help the Allied Powers?
The US troops and resources helped the Allies win
What country helped the Allied Powers the most with their entry in 1917?
After the war, US emerged as a major world power with a strong economy and military influence
What positive outcome did the US face after the war?
Germany collapsed in 1918 because its army was losing, people were starving, and protests broke out, so the leaders gave up and ended the war
What was Germany’s Collapse in 1918?
Germany agreed to an armistice (ceasefire) on November 11, 1918, ending the fighting.
What is Armistice Day?
The Treaty of Versailles officially ended the war but helped cause the next one with WW2
What treaty officially ended the war and helped cause the next one?
It punished Germany with harsh penalties, redrew borders, and created the League of Nations
What is the Treaty of Versailles? (1919)
A peace group the US didn’t join
What is the League of Nations?
Germany was mainly punished after World War because it was seen as the strongest and most aggressive Central Power, held responsible for starting the war
Why was Germany mainly punished the most with the Central Powers?
The Allies wanted to weaken it to prevent future conflict —- especially since the other Central Powers had collapsed or lost influence
Why did the Allies want to weaken Germany the most out of all the Central Powers?
The Central Powers lost WW1 due to military defeats, collapsing allies, protests at home, and the US joining the war
How did the Central Powers lose WW1?
World War I was caused by deep political tensions, alliances, and ambition for power
What was WW1 caused by?
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand set off the war
What firstly started WW1?
The US joined late but changed the war’s outcome
Even though the US joined the war late what outcome did they have on it?