-
Election of President Wilson
The election of 1912, Democratic president Woodrow Wilson was elected. -
The assassination of archduke franz ferdinand
Known as the shot heard around the world. This was the main cause of WW1 -
America Proclaims Neutrality in WW1
Presidents Woodrow Wilson claims neutrality from the war -
The battle of the marne
The very first Battle in WW1. It took place in Paris and The Germans lost. -
The sinking of the Lusitania
761 people survived out of the 1,266 people that were on board, 128 were Americans. Germany torpedoed the ship and sunk it. -
The Battle of Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse. -
The Sussex Incident
A German submarine torpedoed a French cross-channel passenger streamer, the Sussex. Two out of the eighty casualties were Americans. -
The Battle of the Somme
Battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire -
The Re-election of President Wilson
In 1916 president Woodrow Wilson was re-elected as the U.S president after serving a very great four years. -
The Interception of the Zimmerman Telegram
This roundabout route was used because Germany no longer had cables in the Atlantic and because there was no direct wire from Denmark to the United States. Therefore, the message was sent from Copenhagen to a relay station on the westernmost point of England, where it was intercepted by the Room 40 codebreakers. -
The Declaration of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare by Germany
Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, would be attacked by the German navy. -
The United States enter WW1
Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilson's decision to lead the United States into World War I. -
The Selective Service Act
The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription. -
The Passing of the Espionage Act
Congress enacted the Espionage Act of 1917 on June 15, two months after the United States entered World War I. Just after the war, prosecutions under the act led to landmark First Amendment precedents. -
The Landing of the America Expeditionary Force in France
The first American Expeditionary Forces' contingent landed in France in late June 1917 at Saint-Nazaire. -
The Fourteen Points by President Woodrow Wilson
The Fourteen Points speech of President Woodrow Wilson was an address delivered before a joint meeting of Congress on January 8, 1918, during which Wilson outlined his vision for a stable, long-lasting peace in Europe, the Americas and the rest of the world following World War I. -
The Beginning of the Spanish Flu Epidemic
Spanish flu or as the Great Influenza epidemic, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. -
Russia Pulls out of WW1
In the city of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern-day Belarus near the Polish border, Russia signs a treaty with the Central Powers ending its participation in World War I. -
The Passing of the Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. Passed on May 16, 1918, as an amendment to Title I of the Espionage Act of 1917, the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech -
The Battle of Argonne Forest
With over a million American soldiers participating. It was also the deadliest campaign in American history, resulting in over 26,000 soldiers being killed in action and over 120,000 total casualties. -
Armistice Day Ends WW1
after more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. Although fighting continued elsewhere, the armistice between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending World War I. -
The Paris Peace Conference & Treaty of Versailles
The Paris Peace Conference was an international meeting convened in January 1919 at Versailles just outside Paris. The purpose of the meeting was to establish the terms of the peace after World War.