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German Empire

The First World War

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 29 May 2015 Chapter 14 Outline WW1 Battle of Somme began 6/24/1916, Brit artillery barrage against German trenches along 25-mi.front; Brits fired 1.5m rounds over 7 days Mixing gas with explosions, gunners pulverized landscape/poisoned atmosphere German def?ers. Huddled in masks; guns went silent, 10k?s of Brits rose out of trenches, bearing 60 lbs. of equipment, made way into NoMan?s Land Were told wire-cutting explosives would destroy barbed wire between trenches, leaving them free to charge across before Germans could recover Found barbed wire intact; caught when German machine-gunners def?d.

euro 24

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Chapter 24 An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914 Toward the Modern Consciousness: Intellectual and Cultural Developments Developments in the Sciences: The Emergence of a New Physics Classical Newtonian Physics: universe = giant machine; matter = indivisible atoms Marie & Pierre Curie: discovered element radium giving off radiation concluded that atoms contained subatomic particles behaving randomly Max Planck: energy is radiated discontinuously in packets called ?quanta? quantum theory raised fundamental questions about the subatomic realm of the atom Albert Einstein ?The Electro-dynamics of Moving Bodies?: special theory of relativity = space & time relative to the observer, interwoven into 4-D space-time continuum

Unification of Germany

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Unification of Germany 1st half of 19th Century, - ?Germany? was a geographic expression Several German States existed (people of same ethnicity? existed, but no unified country with a centralized government The Napoleonic Wars (ending in 1806), brought an end to the Holy Roman Empire No map of Germany existed until 1871 After Napoleon?s defeat at Waterloo in 1815, the Congress of Vienna met to remake a map of Europe It created the German Confederation under the Authority of Austria The Confederation lasted 56 years until 1871 when Austria weakened A unified Germany arose under the leadership of the state of Prussia Template copyright 2005 www.brainybetty.com * Template copyright 2005 www.brainybetty.com * Prussia Template copyright 2005 www.brainybetty.com *
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