1. Imperialism THE MAIN CAUSES OF WWI M ILITARISM A LLIANCES I MPERIALISM N ATIONALISM A SSASSINATION

2. ASSASSINATION ARCHDUKE FERDINAND BLACK HAND GANG NO INDEPENDENCE HE’S OUT OF HERE!

3. LEADING UP TO WAR

4. WAR STARTS CHANGES MADE

5. WAR IS ON GERMANY FACES A WAR ON TWO FRONTS RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR AGAINST AUSTRIA-HUNGRY GERMANY AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARED WAR ON RUSSIA GERMANY INVADES BELGIUM, BRITAIN ENTERS WAR AGAINST GERMANY AUSTRIA HUNGRY DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA

6. SCHLIEFFEN PLAN

7. TRENCH WARFARE STALEMATE They go to Trenches FLU WEAPONS GAS TANKS & AIRPLANES END TRENCH WARFARE Weapons demonstrate impact of industrialization on how wars will be fought in the future

8. SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA AMERICANS CALL FOR WAR PRESIDENT WILSON HOLDS OUT FOR A LASTING PEACE IN EUROPE HORRORS OF WWI - U.S. FOLLOWS POLICY OF ISOLATIONISM

9. BRITISH BLOCKADE GERMANY U-BOATS WILL DESTROY ALL ENEMY SHIPS UNRESTRICTED WARFARE

10. SUSSEX PLEDGE GERMANY PROMISES TO STOP UNRESTRICTED WARFARE WITHOUT A WARNING & SAVING LIVES

11. CZAR NICHOLAS II ABDICATES THE THRONE USSR SIGNS PEACE TREATY WITH GERMANY RUSSIA IS OUT OF WAR GERMANY AT IT AGAIN – SINKS AMERICAN SHIPS AMERICA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY

12. AMERICA PREPARES FOR WAR SELECTIVE SERVICE AEF GENERAL PERSHING CONVOY SYSTEM AMERICANS JOIN THE TRENCHES ALLIES HALT GERMANS SAVE PARIS GERMANS RIOT – FOOD AUSTRIA-HUNGARY - REVOLUTION

14. RISE OF DICTATORS AFTER WWI Treaty of Versailles – harsh/unfair World -Wide Great Depression People look to single ruler to solve problems

15. MUSSOLINI IN ITALY Starts Fascist Party in Italy Fascism—Country more important than individual Mussolini - take Italy back to glory of Roman Empire Black Shirts – Fascist Militia

16. STALIN IN RUSSIA Stalin leader of USSR in 1926 Imposed Communism Suppressed the people Industrialized USSR Ruled by Fear Killed 8-10 million peasants Great Purge-Stalin kills all who oppose him Kills over 30 million people during his term in office

17. ADOLPH HITLER IN GERMANY Anti—Communist Imprisoned in attempt to take over Munich and Berlin Imprisoned Wrote Mein Kamph Superior Aryan race Blamed problems on Jewish people Holocaust

18. MILITARY CONTROL IN JAPAN Meiji Restoration - Japan industrializes & modernizes Build modern army and navy Takes on imperialistic role for natural resources Take control of Korea, defeat China and take Taiwan, defeat Russia and gain control of Manchuria Rape of Nanjing – Japanese soldiers murder hundreds of thousands of Chinese-soldiers & civilians