by: shayna scott, lindsay hoffman, sean donnelly key leaders and personalities
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BY: SHAYNA SCOTT, LINDSAY HOFFMAN, SEAN DONNELLY
Key Leaders and Personalities
The Powers
Central•Ottoman Empire •Austria-Hungary •Germany•Bulgaria
Allied•Russia •US•Italy •Britain
Franz Ferdinand
Born in Graz, Austria.Originally he wasn’t in obtaining the
thrown, but his cousin Prince Rudolf died.Increase minorities, decrease Hungarian
freedom.Inspector general of the Austrian army
Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo is a Bosnian Serb. Born in Serbia.Assassinated Franz Ferdinand and his wife
Sophie. This was one reason WWI started.Apart of the Black Hand Society.
Otto von Bismarck
Born in Schonhausen, Germany.He was obligated to do a few years of military
service. Otto unified Germany, then he was forced to
resign by William II.
Kaiser Wilhem II
Wilhem II was born into the Hohenzollen family. Originally from Prussia.
Most powerful man in Europe before WWI
MLA Citations
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Czar Nicholas II
Emperor of Russia & Alexander III died (Nov. 1,1894)
Personal command of army & he changed absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy made people mad caused riots minimized power of the Duma
Czar of Russia Allied Powers
Vladimir Lenin
Russia & tsarist gov. fell Lenin returned home from Germany, expanded support base, bid for power
Wanted to be communist instead of Social Democracy & wanted no problems w/ WWI, withdrew from war, declared soviet gov.
RadicalAllied Powers
Woodrow Wilson
America & nominated after fights w/in the Democratic Party
Wanted America out of war, ran mobilization of American troops for war & won Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating peace treaty (ended war)
Nominated for Pres. Of USAllied Powers
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Slovey, and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 2: Biographies. Detroit: UXL. 2002. 90-96. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 18 Apr. 2013
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David Lloyd George
• Britain`s Prime Minister in 1916• last liberal to serve as a Prime Minister• known as “the man who won the war”• Major player in the Paris Peace conference• Guided Britain through the war to victory over
Germany• Elected Official• Allied powers- France
-Russia
Vittorio Orlando
Italyentered cabinet in 1903 and thereafter held a
number of important ministerial posts until the outbreak of world war1
supporter of Italy going into the war he eventually was made prime minister
Elected officialAllied PowersGermany Austria
George Clemenceau
• France• 1906 he was elected 1906• worked up to the position of prime minister• Persuaded the allies to agree to a unified military
command under Ferdinand Foch• France made Germany surrender when they passed
through German lines and defeated Germany• Elected official• Allied powers• Russia
• Britain
Paris Peace Conference
Argued about how defeated powers would be treated France wanted Germany to have a weaker army with no navy
and no air force David Lloyd understood the necessity to punish Germany but
not to the extent that she would never be able to participate in European politics again
Vittorio wanted land but Woodrow did not agree