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The heir to the austrian throne, whom was shot in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, by Serbian nationalist Gavrillo Princip. July 28, Austria-Hungary, had considered the assination, a shot of war.
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The first act of war that helped escalade the fist world war.
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The Imperial German Government have used every effort since the beginning of the crisis to bring about a peaceful settlement, thus helping launch a war.
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the First World War battle fought between 5 and 12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army under Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Younger.
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This happened because of the help given by Turkey to the German attack of Russia, Russia declared war on Turkey
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Zeppelin airships dropped bombs on Yarmouth.
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On board were 1,959 people, 159 of whom were Americans.Captain William Thomas Turner slowed the Lusitania down because of fog and traveled in a predictable line. Neither captain noticed the U-boat.
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Austria-Hungary and Italy formed the Triple Alliance. The three countries agreed to support each other if attacked by either France or Russia.
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After roughly a month of fighting, the Russian soldiers were told to leave Poland to reinforce areas further East, allowing the Germans to take Warsaw
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The Battle of Loos formed a part of the wider Artois-Loos Offensive conducted by the French and British in autumn 1915, and sometimes is called the Second Battle of Artois
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this forces all men ages 21 to 30 to register into the war.
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a major success in a war that had been a disaster for the Russians up to that year.
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Lloyd George became Prime Minister of the war time coalition. His war cabinet, unlike that of his predecessor, met every day..
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The League of Nations holds its first meeting and accomplishes the rafitification of the Treaty of Versailles, and ends the first world war.
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Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage.
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A national quota system on the amount of incoming immigrants was established by the United States Congress
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Immigration laws drastically cut the number of foreigners allowed in the U.S. to prevent overcrowding in cities and to raise wages.
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It would lead to an agreement, the Five Power Disarmament Treaty, between the major world powers.
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after becoming ill following a trip to Alaska, and is succeeded by his Vice President, Calvin Coolidge.
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Garret A. Morgan invents the very first known atuomatic traffic light.
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the first olympic games where held.
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All Indians are designated citizens by legislation passed in the U.S. Congress
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Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the first woman governor of the United States in Wyoming.
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The civil war in China prompts one thousand United States marines to land in order to protect property of United States interests.
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Children required to finish elementary grades before they were allowed to work in Illinois
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Postwar prosperity ends in the 1929 Stock Market crash
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The Teapot Dome scandal closes when Albert B. Fall, is convicted to accepting a $100,000 bribe in return for leasing the Elk Hills naval oil reserve.
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New York Times prints petition of 1,028 economists (PDF) who oppose Smoot Hawley Tarrif Act
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December 2, President Herbert Hoover asks Congress to fund a $150 million public works program
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New York Federal Reserve Bank's discount rate raised from 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent
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January 7th, the Committee for Unemployment Relief releases a report on unemployment showing that 4 to 5 million Americans were out of work.
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New York Bank of the United States collapses
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June 6th, Revenue Act of 1932 passed, the largest peacetime tax increase in the nation's history to that date
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Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover to become the 32nd President (electoral vote count of 472 to 59)
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February 2nd, Export-Import Bank of Washington created, established under DC charter by Executive Order 6581, to assist in financing U.S. trade with the Soviet Union.
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May 12th, Farm Relief Act passed, creating the Farm Credit Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Adminstiration
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June 19th, Silver Purchase Act passed, empowering FDR to increase the Treasury's silver holdings to 1/3 the value of gold, nationalizing silver stocks and purchases
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April 8th, Emergency Appropriations Relief Act passed, creating the Works Progress Administration
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Motor Carrier Act passed, extending federal regulatory authority to motor carriers engaged in interstate commerce
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effectively outlawing price cutting by permitting price discrimination only if it can be justified by differential costs of serving different markets
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October 30th, Orson Welles' broadcast of "War of the Worlds" persuades thousands of Americans that the United States is being invaded by Martians
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Supreme Court decides that employers have an undisputed right to hire permanent replacement workers for striking workers in an economic strike
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Treaty and pact signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan declaring them alllies.
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