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The RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat, killing 1,197 passengers, some of those including Americans.
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Period of time starting mid World War 1, which was the mass American xenophobia of immigrants that came from America's enemy countries; Led to anti-immigration policies
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The telegram sent by Arthur Zimmermann, a German officer, to the Mexican Ambassador, promising land previously owned by Mexico in America in exchange for support in the war; Decoded by the British and sent to America.
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The Act that officially approved conscription in order to raise a U.S Army during World War 1.
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The Act that made attempts to undermine or interfere with U.S Armed Forces during wartime illegal and a federal crime.
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The document created by Woodrow Wilson, describing what he believed as an ideal policy for peaceful international negotiations.
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Extension of the Espionage Act, making illegal writings that criticized the government; led to the U.S v. Schenck case.
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The Supreme Court case that established that free speech isn't protected if it showed a clear threat to America. The "yelling Fire! in a public theater" Case,
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This document was a peace treaty signed by the leaders of the U.S, France, Britain, and Italy A.K.A the "Big Four"
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The 1st ever international organization, inspired by Wilson's 14 Points, with the objective to maintain world peace
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt's numerous acts and policies established in order to bring America back from the Great Depression, ending with the start of World War 2.
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The time period of which 6 million Jewish men, women, and children were killed and sent to concentration camps by the German Nazis.
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The "Date which will live in Infamy"; The bombing of the military base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by Japanese forces, killing 2,300 Americans; Led to America joining the war.
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The secret U.S project that led to the creation of the world's 1st atomic bombs in order to help the effort of World War 2.
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The significant landings by Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy, leading to the successful liberation of France and the campaign to free Jews from Concentration Camps.
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The period of time which General MacArthur begins the devastating campaign to capture the islands in the Pacific, ending with the battle of Okinawa.
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The controversial use of the world's 1st atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in an attempt to force Japan's surrender.
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The continuation of the use of the atomic bomb on Japan, this time in the city of Nagasaki, three days after Hiroshima.
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The official surrender of Japan after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, officially ending the war but stirred a controversy of the atomic bomb's necessity.
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The world organization which was a rebooted League of Nations, which the objective remained the same: World Peace.
