The assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne in Sarajevo, Bosnia
President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would remain neutraL
World War I swept across Europe in the summer, igniting a global struggle
The assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in June of 1914 led to Germany’s attack on Belgium and France in August 1914
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would remain neutral
Wilson lifted the ban
Wilson lifted the ban in 1915.
On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat sank the Lusitania, a British passenger ship sailing off the coast of Ireland; 123 Americans were among the victims.
These promises helped keep the United States out of the war in 1915 and 1916.
By 1917, American banks were loaning England an average of $10 million a day to buy U.S. goods
In January 1917, however, Germany didn't think the United States was prepared to fight a war.
on April 2, 1917, but stated that the U.S. had “no quarrel with the German people.”
” The United States officially declared war against Germany on April 6, 1917
but did not declare war against Austria-Hungary until December 7, 1917. The U.S. was never at war with the Ottoman Empire or Bulgaria.
Meanwhile, the 1917 Espionage Act made it a crime to keep people from joining the army and to help the enemy by spreading lies.
The Russian Revolution began in the spring of 1917 and by November, Russia left the Allies and stopped fighting in the war.
In the spring of 1918, they climbed out of their trenches to push the Germans out of France and back to their own border.
Most died from the Spanish influenza, which eventually spread to the United States and killed more than half a million Americans in 1918.
on January 8, 1918, Wilson gave his "Fourteen Points" speech to Congress about what would happen at the end of the wa
The 1918 Sedition Act prohibited uttering, writing or publishing “any abusive or disloyal language” concerning the flag, U.S. Constitution, government or armed forces. This was challenged in the Supreme Court.
The Versailles Peace Treaty was signed in 1919 by 27 countries.
He was too sick to get more support for the treaty, which was rejected by the Senate twice in 1919 and 1920.
Instead, the war officially ended for the United States in October of 1921 when the Senate ratified separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary.