Timeline of 1914-1940

  • Serbian man assinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Serbian man assinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand was going to be king of Austria-Hungary.
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    World War I

    World War I was also called The Great War.
  • German submarine sinks British ocean liner, Lusitania

    German submarine sinks British ocean liner, Lusitania

    128 Americans died on the boat and it may have led Woodrow Wilson to join the war
  • Battle of Somme

    Battle of Somme

    About 300,000 soldiers died in this battle.
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram

    A telegram sent from Germany to ask Mexico to join the war and attack the U.S. In return, Germany will help Mexico gain the land they had lost.
  • America joins the war

    America joins the war

    America declares war on Germany.
    On June 25, American troops land in France.
  • Germany agrees to an armistice

    Germany agrees to an armistice

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    The Treaty of Versailles is signed and blames Germany. Fines Germany to 33 billion dollars in reparations. The Treaty of Versailles is blamed for World War II.
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    The Stock Market crashes.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected

    After he was elected, F.D.R. had 'fireside chats' to explain to American what was happening in the goverment and his plans.
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    New Deal in action

    The end of the New Deal is a mystery.
  • World War II begins

    World War II begins

    Preparationns for World War II causes major goverment spending to lift America out of the depression.