1914-World War 1 begins in Europe. (foreign) 1915-First long distance telephone service‚ between New York and San Francisco‚ is demonstrated (Jan. 25) (Domestic) 1917- Arthur Zimmermann sent a telegram to Mexico trying to persuade Mexico to go against the United States (foreign) - A German secret telegram‚ that had a coded message from the German Foreign Secretary‚ Alfred Zimmermann‚ to the German minister in Mexico City. This pretty much told the minister to propose an alliance with Mexico
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Breakdown of Great Power Diplomacy a cause of both the First and Second World Wars? In this essay I shall give my opinion‚ and the opinions of several historians‚ as to the causes of the First and Second World Wars‚ paying close attention to the breakdown of Great Power Diplomacy. The Congress of Vienna in 1815 was to form the framework for international politics right up until the breakout of the Great War almost a century later‚ and was the first in a series of international meetings that came to
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. What were the causes and consequences of the First World War? There were several reasons that led to WWI; the European nations were growing more powerful and the arm forces as well. Another cause was the alliance system which cause conflict between several countries because there were treaties and agreements in which not every country agreed with. Imperialism also took a great part of the war‚ many countries wanted to colonize other countries such as Africa‚ South America‚ the pacific‚ and Asia
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In 264 BC a war called “the first Punic war” would begin between two great empires Rome located in Italy and Carthage located in Africa. The first Punic War would start when Rome started their takeover of Europe. In result of this Carthage fought Rome to keep them away from their homeland. Carthage had many generals but one main general who was a military geniuses his name was Hamilcar Barca. However in 241 BC Carthage leaders would surrender to Rome putting an end to the first Punic War. After the
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On the 28th July 1914‚ Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia with the Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and one day later‚ the Russians got ready to help in the war. On the 1st August‚ Germany declared war on Russia‚ while the French soldiers were put on a war alert on the following day. On the 3rd‚ Germany declared war on France and invaded through the neutral Belgium‚ which caused Britain to declare war on Germany on the 4th. Finally‚ Austria declared war on Russia on the 6th‚ completing
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As Woodrow Wilson at the 6th of April in 1917 addressed the Declaration of War to the congress he said that “the world must be made safe for democracy”. Now‚ nearly a hundred years later‚ we know the effects of the decision that were made at this time. Knowing what happened I say that the US involvement in World War I was not a fight for more democracy. The roots of the German dictatorship under Hitler were laid during the peace negotiations of Versailles. So the most important point of what Wilson
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Why did a European war break out in the summer of 1914? In 1914‚ war broke out in Europe between the most powerful countries. There were a number of reasons why World War One broke out and this essay will examine these reasons. Rising tensions in Europe between the great powers were created by many different things. For example‚ the ‘Arms Race’ between Britain and Germany‚ Germany was jealous of and felt threatened by Britain’s huge empire. In 1898‚ years before the war broke out; Germany
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WHY DID WORLD WAR ONE BREAK OUT IN 1914? World War One or ‘The Great War’ as it became known ‚ started in late summer of 1914 and lasted until November 1918. It was the first long-lasting war that the world had experienced until then‚ as millions of people got killed. The factors that started the battle were numerous and are still being debated; Alliances‚ imperialism‚ the arms race‚ nationalism ‚ and miscalculations were some of them. However‚ at the end the war broke out because of a
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Why did a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia become a European war in 1914? On June 28‚ 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb student. The assassination sparked little initial concern in Europe. The Archduke himself was not terribly popular‚ least of all in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While there were riots in Sarajevo following the Archduke’s death these were largely aimed at the
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1 ) The specific incident that leads to the First World War was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand ‚ heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary in June 28 ‚1914 by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo ‚Bosnia . The purpose of the assassination was to trigger a massive Slavic revolt in the Slavic states of Bosnia and Herzegovina that would hopefully free Bosnia and Herzegovina from the rule of Austria-Hungary .Serbia and other Balkan States had already gained independence from the Ottoman rule
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