1. Major Events and Leaders
WWI
Major Events and Leaders

2. Major Events of WWI
Assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand

3. Sinking of the Lusitania- German Submarines sink a cruise ship with Americans on it; the US demands the Germans stop unrestricted submarine warfare

4. Zimmerman Telegram- Germany attempts to gain the support of Mexico against the US because they intend to resume unrestricted Submarine warfare

6. Major Events of WWI
United States enters war
Russia leaves the war- Lenin and the Communists win the Russian Revolution and get out of WWI

7. Major Leaders of WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Kaiser Wilhelm II

8. Outcomes and global effects
Colonies’ participation in the war, which increased demands for independence
End of the Russian Imperial, Ottoman, German, and Austro-Hungarian empires
Enormous cost of the war in lives, property, and social disruption

9. Treaty of Versailles
Forced Germany to accept guilt for war and loss of territory and pay reparations
Limited the German military

10. League of Nations
International cooperative organization
Established to prevent future wars
United States not a member
Failure of League because it did not have power to enforce its decisions

11. The mandate system
The system was created to administer the colonies of defeated powers on a temporary basis.
France and Great Britain became mandatory powers in the Middle East.
French Mandates in the Middle East
Syria
Lebanon
British Mandates in the Middle East
Jordan
Palestine (part became independent as the State of Israel)