World War I

By mkane

  • Wilson Declares U.S. neutrality

    Reflect strong public opinion

  • Germany puts a blockade around england

    US gave good to england, germans resume submarine warfare. Most provacative thing they did

  • Lusitania Sank

    Sunk by a German ship off the cost of Ireland

  • Arabic Pledge

    Germans promise not to sink ships that are unarmed

  • Election of 1916

    Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) wins the election. He wins against Hughes, mainly for him promise to be neutral in the war

  • Wilson calls for "peace without victory"

    Frustrated with his efforts to mediate a peace, Wilson becomes convinced that both sides needed to cease hostilities

  • Zimmerman Telegram is discovered

    Minister Zimmerman sends Mexico a telegraph telling them if they get on Germany's side in the war that they can have their land back. US intercepts this.

  • Wilson asks congress for greater powers

    Senate refuses to give him naval powers

  • Wilson asks for declaration of war

    "The world must be made safe for democracy"

  • 14 points declared

    Wilson lists his goals for a war-free world, including the league of nations