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There were two major defense alliances in Europe. The Allies consisted of Britain, France, and Russia
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California, becomes the center of movie production in the U.S.
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Germany invades Belgium, strategy known as Schlieffen Plan
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Allies stop German advances on Paris
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Germans use chemical weapons for the first time.
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German U-boats sink Lustania and 1,198 people died.
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Graham Bell makes first transcontinental telephone call.
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Allied forces defeated in bid to establish a supply route to Russia
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French hold the line in longest battler of the war.
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Diastrous British offensive.
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Woodrow Wilson is reelected for president.
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Battles of Verdun and the Somme claimed alot of lives.
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By 1917, America had mobilized for was against the Central Powers for two reasons: to ensure Allied repayment of debts to United States and to prevent the Germans from threatening U.S. shipping.
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Russia withdrawls from the war.
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President Wilson proposes the League of Nations.
