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World War I
The events that occured during WWI. -
British Naval Blockade
The British stopped any ships that would be going into the Central Powers to make sure they didn't have anything from the Contraband List. -
Lusitania Sinking
German submarines sunk British liner the Lusitania off of the southeren coast of Ireland. 1,198 people were killed out of that 128 were Americans. -
Arabic Sinking
After this attack, the Germans agreed to stop sinking passenger ships. This attack killed two Americans. -
Sussex Sinking
This sinking made Germany break their promise on not sinking passenger ships. 80 passengers including Americans were killed or injured. -
"He Kept Us Out of War"
This was the slogan for Woodrow Wilson's presidential campaign. -
Peace Without War
Wilson hoped that all countries could be a democracy without war. -
U.S. Declares War
Since the Germans weren't taking our warnings into consideration we had to act upon them. -
Resumption of Unrestricted Warfare
German U-boats sank all ships in British waters that were onsight. -
Zimmermann Note
A telegraph from the german foreign minister to the german ambasador in Mexico, that was intercepted by British agents. It proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany. -
Sinking of Four Unarmed Ships
The Germans sunk four unarmed american merchant ships, with the loss of 36 lives. -
Overthrow o Nicholas II
The people of Russia thought that he was the last signifiant obsticle that they had to remove. -
Wilson's War message
WIlson gives his message on war in the capitol building with his fellow ambassadors, senators, and representatives.
