World War I started in the middle of 1914 because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war went on for 5 more years, until the Treaty of Versailles was created and commanded the armies to seize fire. World War I officially ended on June 28, 1919. This peace treaty kept from any wars starting for less than two decades, then came World War II. The Treaty of Versailles’ name came from where it was signed, the Versailles Palace. The Allies wrote the treaty and in order to have it signed, they need a large enough space to hold all of those that participated and were involved in the process, that is the reasoning why it was signed in the palace. The German government signed the Treaty of Versailles under protest. What lead to this
The significance of the 1893 World's Colombian Exhibition in regards to ragtime was that it was the first time large numbers of Americans were exposed to the style.
