America and World War One

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
03/04/1913	Woodrow Wilson becomes President	Inaguration of Woodrow Wilson
06/28/1914	Assassination of the Archduke of Bosnia
07/05/1914	Germany promises support of Austrians	photo info
07/28/1914	Austria declares war on Serbia	photo info
08/01/1914	Germany declares war on Russia	info
08/15/1914	William Jennings Bryan makes illegal all private loans to complete America's neutrality.	photo
09/05/1914	First German U-boat to sink British ship	info source The SM U 21 sinks HMS Pathfinder
05/07/1915	Sinking of the Lusitania	picture
07/23/1915	Theodor Roosevelt speaks up about joining the war	info
10/01/1915	Britain formally welcomed America to secure peace.	Fall of 1915... no specific date. Edward Grey, of England, contacts House and formally welcomes American help to secure peace if they would like to give it.
04/19/1916	U-boat Ultimatum with Germany	US gives Germany a last warning to stop all U-baot activity.
05/27/1916	Wilson makes speech before League to Enfore Peace.	It was a general appeal though, and France and Britain did not like it. Likely that they would have liked America's direct support instead.
10/07/1916	Wilson insults Republican's in speech...	... claiming they have no direction and the right way to vote is for him because he will keep the country neutral.
11/07/1916	Election day for Wiilson's 2nd term as President	photo election date
11/18/1916	"President Asks All to Aid War Sufferers": article	article Starting to feel sympathy towards those struggling and dying in the war.
11/28/1916	First Aeroplane Attack	InformationGermany attacks Britain from the sky.
12/23/1916	A newswritter mentions the danger of the Berlin Ring
02/26/1917	Wilson asks to supply American merchant ships with defensive arms, but that is all. No sign of entering the war.	info
04/02/1917	Wilson advised Congress to declare war against Germany	info
04/04/1917	Congressional report on whether or not to enter the war
04/06/1917	America enters World War One
06/28/1918	The Treaty of Versailles is signed by Germany	info
11/17/1918	Henry Ford speaks out against war	This proves that even after America entered the war, there was still opposition to it.
11/18/1918	Official end of WWI (Germany signs armistice with Allies)	info
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
03/04/1913 to 03/04/1921	Woodrow Wilson's Presidency
07/28/1914 to 04/06/1917	American Neutrality
09/01/1914 to 01/01/1915	Jane Addams speaks up against America's entry into war.
01/01/1916 to 11/07/1916	"He Kept Us Out of War"	Wilson's second campaign slogan.