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Assasination of Archduke Ferdinand
A Serbian nationalist student assassinated the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, when their open car stopped at a corner on its way out of the town. -
Austria Hungary Declares War On Serbia
When Austria declares war it pretty much begins WWI & Austria made ten demands on Serbia and the Serbians accepted all but the last demand. -
Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide was the mass murder of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire & thousands of Turkish people getting deported. -
Sinking of Lusitana
At 1:40 p.m., the U-boat launched a torpedo. The torpedo hit the right side of the Lusitania. Almost immediately, another explosion rocked the ship. At the time, the Allies thought the Germans had launched two or three torpedoes to sink the Lusitania. Of the 1,959 people on board, 1,198 died -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman telegram was a message from the German foreign secretary to the President of Mexico proposing an alliance in 1917. -
Russia Withdraws
A reason russia withdrawd frrom war because they had shortages of supplies and food and they had their own problems to worry about in their country. -
US deckares war on Germany
President Wilson asked for a joint session congress asking for a declaration of war to make the wolrd safe for democracy & they granted his request. -
Woodrow Wilson's 14 points
A speech to a joint session of congress. It had to do with no more secret agreements, free navigation of all seas and an end to economic barriers within countries & many more. -
Treaty of Versailles
It was the peace treaty at the end of World War I and it ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
