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NATIONALISM IMPERIALISM ALLIANCES MILITARISM
THE MAIN CAUSES OF WWI ASSASSINATION NATIONALISM IMPERIALISM ALLIANCES MILITARISM Imperialism
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ASSASSINATION ARCHDUKE FERDINAND
PRINCIP NO INDEPENDENCE HE’S OUT OF HERE! BLACK HAND GANG
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LEADING UP TO WAR
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WAR STARTS CHANGES MADE
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WAR IS ON AUSTRIA HUNGRY DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA
RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR AGAINST AUSTRIA-HUNGRY GERMANY AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARED WAR ON RUSSIA GERMANY INVADES BELGIUM, BRITAIN ENTERS WAR AGAINST GERMANY GERMANY FACES A WAR ON TWO FRONTS
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SCHLIEFFEN PLAN
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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
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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
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BRITISH BLOCKADE GERMANY U-BOATS WILL DESTROY ALL ENEMY SHIPS
UNRESTRICTED WARFARE
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SUSSEX PLEDGE GERMANY PROMISES TO STOP UNRESTRICTED WARFARE WITHOUT A WARNING & SAVING LIVES
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RUSSIA IS OUT OF WAR AMERICA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY
USSR SIGNS PEACE TREATY WITH GERMANY RUSSIA IS OUT OF WAR GERMANY AT IT AGAIN – SINKS AMERICAN SHIPS AMERICA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY CZAR NICHOLAS II ABDICATES THE THRONE
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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
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RISE OF DICTATORS AFTER WWI
Treaty of Versailles – harsh/unfair World -Wide Great Depression People look to single ruler to solve problems
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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
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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
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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
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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
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