As he and his wife were being paraded around Bosnia, a Serbian nationalist shot him. Austria gave the serbian government an ultimatum, which would require taking responsibility for the assassination. Since they refused to do that, austria declares war on Serbia Factory workers, many of whom were women, protested the cost of food like bread. Russia, in defense of it's slavic ally, mobilized its forces against Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary, seeing an opportunity to weaken Bosnian influence in the Balkans decided to intervene. They called on Germany to assist them. This drags the rest of the alliance system into the conflict. Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later.

Mussolini & Hitler's secret police that made dissent a fearful prospect The spanish army opposed the popular front. A general named Francisco Franco led a violent uprising against the popular front. Which led to a civil war. Represented a kind of testing ground for WWII, while Hitler and Mussolini supported Franco, western democracies did little to help the popular front. Just give Hitler what he wants and keep the peace. 2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous.

Germany, Italy, and later Japan formed an alliance and became known as the Axis Powers. Western democracies viewed this as an existential threat After Lenin, Joseph Stalin took power. After consolidating party power under himself, he implemented a five year plan with the goal to rapidly industrialize the soviet union. Much like Lenin, Stalin skipped crucial steps, like providing housing. People would rather starve than farm for the government. A system of government characterized by extreme paternalistic, militaristic nationalism in which the interests of the people are subordinated to the interests of the state and its leader. Was appealing because of all the post-war crisis A growing nationalistic fever in which all of the slavic nations felt they ought to be under the one leadership of Russia. Helps explain why Russia got involved when Austria declares war on Serbia

2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous. Just give Hitler what he wants and keep the peace. Machine guns, Chemical weapons, and other brutal new technologies led to trench warfare. 2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous.

April theses Appeasement Pact of steel Women's rights during war