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The Landing of the American Expeditionary Force in France
October, when the First Division, one of the best-trained divisions of the AEF, entered the trenches at Nancy, France. -
The Battle of Argonne Forest
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I. It was one of the attacks that brought an end to the War -
The Election of President Woodrow Wilson
the abolition of secret treaties, a reduction in armaments, an adjustment in colonial claims in the interests of both native peoples and colonists, and freedom of the seas. -
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: The Outbreak of WWI
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo -
America Proclaims Neutrality in World War I
President Woodrow Wilson declared U.S. neutrality on August 4, 1914, and many Americans saw little reason to entangle themselves in what they viewed as European quarreling and intrigue. -
The Battle of the Marne
it enabled the French to continue the war. However, the Germans succeeded in capturing a large part of the industrial north east of France, -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
the possibility that the Lusitania was deliberately put at risk in order to drag the U.S. into the war -
The Battle of the Verdun
World War I engagement in which the French repulsed a major German offensive -
The Sussex Incident
torpedoing of a French cross-Channel passenger steamer, the Sussex, by a German submarine, leaving 80 casualties, including two Americans wounded. -
The Battle of the Somme
British and French forces launched a frontal attack against an entrenched German army north of the Somme River in France. -
The Re-Election of President Woodrow Wilson
The 1916 United States presidential election was the 33rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1916. -
The Interception of the Zimmermann Telegram
British signals intelligence intercepted and decrypted a coded German telegram from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann that was intended for Germany's ambassador to Mexico -
The Declaration of New Unrestricted Submarine Warfare by Germany
Bethmann Hollweg went before the German Reichstag government and made the announcement that unrestricted submarine warfare would resume the next day -
The United States Enters World War I
the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later -
The Selective Service Act
Selective Service ensures a fair and equitable draft, if ever required. -
The Espionage Act
The Espionage Act broadly sought to crack down on wartime activities considered dangerous or disloyal, including attempts to acquire defense-related information with the intent to harm the United States -
The Fourteen Points by President Wilson
They prescribed a program of transparency in international relations, free trade, freedom of the seas, reductions in armaments, national self-determination, and adjustment of colonial claims that gave equal weight to the peoples of the colonized countries. -
The Beginning of the Spanish Flu Epidemic
One could see influenza jumping from Army camp to camp, then into cities, and traveling with troops to Europe -
Russia Pulls Out of World War I
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers -
The Passing of the Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. -
Armistice Day Ends World War I
On Nov. 11, 1918, after more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. -
The Paris Peace Conference & Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. It was signed on June 28, 1919, by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles