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ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND POWDER KEG
It was a hot June day in Sarajevo when Princip and other Serb nationalists gathered along Ferdinand's route to kill the Archduke. His companion first threw a grenade at the car, narrowly missing it but injuring those in the car behind. Princip unexpectedly got his chance after the reception at City Hall when Ferdinand was on his way to visit the injured in the hospital. Princip shot his revolver from 5 feet away and killed Ferdinand and his pregnant wife Sophia. -
Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism, Alliance system leads to War
The Arms Races, with war looming nations were desperate not to be outdone in any area of their military. Germany, France and Russia started to conscript large portions of their male population, this gave their countrymen military experience and a taste of war, suddenly everyone was ready and willing to fight -
Lusitania
British boat sunk by German u-boats -
Xenophobia
Fear of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange. -
"He kept us out of war"
This was the slogan used by the Woodrow Wilson campaign that led the incumbent President to a narrow victory over Charles Evans Hughes in November 1916. -
Zimmerman Telegram
German Arthur Zimmerman proposed German-Mexican alliance with promises of recovering Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona that angered Americans -
Russian Overthrow of Czar
Result of the Russian Revolution -
Selective Service Act
Selective Draft Act authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
Espionage Act
It deemed a criminal anyone who, "when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies and whoever when the United States is at war, shall willfully cause or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully -
General Pershing and American Expeditionary Force
United States Armed Forces sent to Europe under the command of General John J. Pershing in 1917 to help fight World War I . -
War Industry Board Created
United States government agency established on July 28, 1917, during World War I, to coordinate the purchase of war supplies.The organization encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to increase efficiency and urged them to eliminate waste by standardizing products. The board set production quotas and allocated raw materials. It also conducted psychological testing to help people find the right jobs. -
Russian Revolution
demonstrators clamoring for bread took to the streets in the Russian capital of Petrograd -
Influenza Pandemic
Many died due to the outbreak of influenza and is said to be started from fleas on a rat -
Fourteen Points
statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations to end World War I. -
Sedition Act
Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds. -
Treaty of Versailles
It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
Great Migration
Migration of 500,000 blacks to northern United States for jobs in factories -
Big Four Meets
Four heads of state at Versailles...David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and Woodrow Wilson of the USA -
Schenck v. United States
United States Supreme Court decision concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I. -
Red Scare
promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker revolution and political radicalism