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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Shot to death -
Great War begins
The trigger for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo -
Kaiser declares “open season” on ships
going to sink any and all ships from the triple entente that was sailing in British waters -
Lusitania sank
German U-boat torpedoed and sank the Lusitania with lots of people aboard the ship. -
Battle of the Somme
First battle in WWI, Great Britain and France fought together against German. -
Wilson re-elected
Wilson was re-elected in the year of 1916 -
Russian Pulls out of War
Russia leaves world war 1 -
Zimmerman note intercepted
A telegraph from Germany to Mexico intercepted and translated telling Mexico to attack America if they entered WWI. -
US declares war on Germany
The US stopped be neutral and started a war with Germany -
Selective Service 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 Age Passed
made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country’s enemies -
Flu Epidemic
cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as "Spanish Flu" or "La Grippe" the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster. -
Fourteen Points speech
speech was a statement given to Congress on January 8, 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson declaring that WW1 was being fought for a moral cause and calling for peace in Europe. -
Sedition Act passed
a piece of legislation designed to protect America’s participation in World War I -
Convoy system
this allowed merchants ships to cross the Atlantic without being attacked by German U-boats. -
Germany signs armistice
the agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front. It went into effect at 11 a.m. Paris time on 11 November 1918 ("the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"), and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not formally a surrender. -
Germany signs armistice
an armistice during the First World War between the Allies and Germany
