The First World War

By shantell.98

  • production in the U.S.

    hollywood, california, becomes the center of movie production in the u.s.

  • assassinated

    archduke franz ferdinand and his wife are assassinated.

  • declares war

    germany declares war on russia and france. Great Britain declares war on germany and austria hungary

  • Lusitania

    German U-boats sink the Lusitania, and 1,198 people die.

  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell makes first transcontinental telephone call.

  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein proposes his general theory of relativity.

  • reelected

    Woodrow Wilson is reelected president.

  • Battles

    the battles of Verdun and the somme claim millions of lives

  • Act

    the Selective service Act sets up the draft.

  • US

    the United States declares war on Germany

  • Russia

    Russia withdraws from the war

  • congress

    congress passes the Sedition Act.

  • Wilson

    president Wilson proposes the League of Nations

  • Bolsheviks

    the Bolsheviks establish a communist regime in russia

  • ends

    the First world war Ends

  • congress

    congress approves the nineteenth amendment, granting women the vote.

  • 30 million

    A worldwide influenza epidemic kills over 30 million