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WW1 Begins and US reaction
Woodrow Wilson announced that the United States would stay out of European affairs and remain neutral. He issued a declaration of US neutrality and called upon the American people to support his policy by not taking sides. -
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World War 1
Also known as The Great War because it was the first biggest world wide war. -
Murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
When Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife visited Sarajevo they were shot and killed. Austria blammed Serbia for the murder of Ferdinand and his wife because the shooter was a Seriban. Serbian leaders were forced to agree to Austria's demands. In no mood to negotiate, Austria declared war on July 28. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
British passenger liner that was torpedoed and sank off the coast of Ireland with the lost of 1,196 lives. -
Arabic Pledge
After sinking the American's ship, the Arabic, the German took the Arabic pledge and vowed to stop sinking ships without warning only if the Germans are allowed to search the ship. -
"He kept us out of war"
Wilson's presidential platform; reflected his temporary anti-war and pro-neutrality stance. Wilson rode to the Democratic presidential nomination and election in 1916 on the back of this legislation. -
Pancho Villa raids New Mexico
Mexican revolutionary, Pancho Villa, crossed the international border with more than 500 men and raided Columbus, N.M., killing 17 Americans. -
Sussex Pledge
Promised issued by German officials during WW1 not to sink merchant vessels without warning or without assuring the passengers safety. The Sussex pledge was an agreement between the U.S and Germany. Germany agreed to warn all ships German U-boats came across before the torpedoed them. -
Resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany announced the unrestricted submarine warfare policy. This policy announced that Germany would sink any ship from any country trying to enter the ports of the Allied Nations. -
Zimmerman Note
Written by Arthur Zimmerman, a German foreign secretary. He secretly proposed a German-Mexican alliance. He tempted Mexico with ideas of recovering Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. This note was intercepted by U.S. government. -
Russian Revolution
It removed Russia from the war and brought about the transformation of the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), replacing Russia’s traditional monarchy with the world’s first Communist state.
