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Dual Alliance
The alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary was formed by Bismarck. -
Italy Joined
Italy joined the Dual Alliance forming the Triple Alliance -
Russia
Bismarck took another possible ally from France when he allied with Russia. -
Alexander III
Alexander III succeeded his father, Alexander II, and was like his grandfather, Nicholas I, and clung to the principles of autocracy. -
Foreign Policy
The foreign policy was changed dramatically when Kaiser Wilhelm II-- who became ruler two years earlier--forced Bismarck to resign. -
Bloody Sunday
200,000 + workers and their family went to the czar's Winter Palace in St. Petersburg . They asked for better working conditions, more personnal freedom, and an elected national legislature. Soldiers were ordered to shoot them down. -
Europe Division
By 1914, Europe was divided into two rival camps. The Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. -
Visit to Sarajevo
Heir to the throne of Austro-Hungarian, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, went amd visited Sarajevo for the last time. That day they were shot point blank. -
War
Austria rejected Serbia's offer abd declared war. -
War again
The German declared war on Russia -
Russia
Russia fared better against the Austrians thsn against the Germans. -
Trenches Intruduction
Opposing armies on the Western Front had dug miles of parallel trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire.This set the stage for trench warfare. -
Slaughter
Slaughter in this war peaked.Germans launched a giant attack. Each side lost at least 30,000 -
President Wilson
President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. They entered the war on the Allies' side. -
Peace
World War 1 was over but peace was to be worked for. A conference was had to establish peace