Early 20th Century Timeline

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    Pre-war and During war attitudes

    militarism, imperialism, nationalism, and the alliance system all led to war and eventual victory
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    XENOPHOBIA

  • Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

    A Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, killed the Archduke and his wife to prevent him from taking the Austrio-Hungarian throne.
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    Powder Keg

    Tense feelings in the Balkan region of the Austro-Hungarian empire; was known as the "Powder Keg of Europe"
  • World War I begins

    "The War to End All Wars"
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Germany proposed a deal to Mexico which said if they helped them in the war they would give them their American territor again
  • Selective service act

    authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people
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    Russian Revolution

    led to eventual rise of the Soviet Union
  • Espionage Act

    punish acts of interference with the foreign relations
  • War INdustry Board Created

  • Sedition Act

    extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds
  • Russian Czar and Family murdered

    The Russian Czar was killed with his family after the Bulshovik revolution tookplace. The communists had no room for leaders like the czar, so they did what they do best; get rid of them.
  • Fourteen Points

    Woodrow Wilson made his famous proposition concerning the terms of the war and reparations for Germany or any country that threatens free democracy.
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    The Great Migration

    African Americans migrated north to have secure factory and industrial jobs.