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the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
A emeber of the "Black Hand" assassinats Archduke Franz Ferdinand the heir to the Austrian throne -
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declaring war (2)
Germany declared war on Russia -
Fighting Begins
Germany invades Belgium, leading them to paris, and Germans say after France fell the German armies would attack Russia -
First Battle
Allies stop German advance on Paris -
Zeppelin raid
The first Zeppelin raid on Britain took place -
Britians Bombing
Britain bombarded Turkish forts in the Dardanelles -
allied offense
Allied troops landed in Gallipoli -
Lusitania Sinks
A German U-boat sank the British boat Lusitania which killed 1,198 people of which 128 were american -
Italy declares war
Italy declared war on Germany and Austria -
Battle of Verdun
The battle of Verdun begins -
British surrenders at Kut
British forces surrendered to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia -
Brusilov Offensive
Start of the Brusilov Offensive -
Trench Warfare
Armies fought in dug out trenches and brought casualties to 1.2 million and this warfare continued for 3 years -
The 1916 Election
Woodrow Wilson is elected president of The United States -
New Prime Minister
Lloyd George becomes British Prime Minister -
Zimmermann Note
A telegram from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico that was intercepted by British agents -
America acts
President Wilson told the senators, represenatives, ambassadors,members of the surpreme court, and other guests that the U.S will help fight -
U.S declares War
USA declared war on Germany -
Raising an army
Congress passed the Selective Servise Act so that men would be radomly drafted into the war -
Battle of Caporetto
the Italian Army was heavily defeated -
Cambrai
British tanks won a victory at Cambrai -
German-Russian armistice
Armistice between Germany and Russia signed -
Commander of western front
Marshall Foch was appointed Allied Commander on the Western Front -
Turkey
Turkey made peace -
Austria
Austria made peace -
Armistice
Germany agreed to sign the armistice that ended the war -
Conference
Peace conference met at Paris -
Scapa Flow
The surrendered German naval fleet at Scapa Flow was scuttled. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Germans. -
palmer raids
when palmer, Hoover, and their agents hunted down suspected communists, scoialists, and anarchists -
the red scare
a communist party rose in the US -
Sacco and Vanzetti
Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested for the robbery and murder of a factory paymaster -
Boston police strike
policemen decided to strike after they hadn't gotten their raise -
Steel Mill Strike
workers wanted shorter working hours and a living wage -
naval conferance
the greatest naval powers decided to not create battleships for 10 years -
the Quota Act
a quota system saying the amount of immigrants that could enter the US -
federal aid
federal aid road act funds a national highway system -
communist party
chinese communist party is found in Shanghai -
benito mussolini
Benito mussolini is appointed prime minister of Italy -
Ohio gang
the preidents poker playing cronies -
crisis
germany had an economis crisis -
time magazine
Time magazine begins publication -
president coolidge
president Harding died and Calvin Coolidge becomes president -
harding dies
president harding dies -
founder of the soviet union dies
Lenin the founder o the soviet union died -
the klan rises again
the ku klux klan membership reached 405 million -
brotherhood of sleeping car porters
A. philip randolph organizes the brotherhood of sleeping car porters -
Al capone
capone took control of the illegal liquor business -
emperor of japan
Hirohito bcomes emperor of japan -
Scopes trial
the scopes trial takes place in tennessee -
transatlantic flight
charles lindbergh makes the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight -
Henry Ford
henry ford introduces the model A. -
president alvaro
president alvaro obregon of mexico is assassinated -
Hoover as president
Hoover was elected president in 1928 -
union memberships
82,000 african americans held union membership in 1929 -
academy awards
first academy awards are presented -
revolutionary party
National revolutionary party is organized in mexico -
stock market crashes
the stock market crashes -
controlling argentina
army officers took control of the government in argentina -
banks fail
more than 40 percent of the nations banks fail -
nobel peace prize
jane addams shares the nobel peace prize -
japan attacks
japan invades manchuria -
bouns army
the bonus army arrives in washington DC -
franklin delano roosevelt
roosevelt is elected president of the US -
adolf hitler
adolf hitler takes power in germany -
japan
japn withdraws from the league of nations -
unemployed americans
more then 13 million americans are unemployed