World War 1

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  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    He was heir to the Austria-Hungary's throne. He and His wife were assassinated.
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    WW1

  • Germany Declares War on Russia and France

    Germany Declares War on Russia and France
    Germany declared war on France. German troops poured into Belgium as directed under the Schleiffen Plan

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania
    There outraged protests from the United States at the German U-boat campaign, when the Lusitania, which had many American passengers aboard, was sank.

  • Woodrow Wilson re-elected president

    Woodrow Wilson re-elected president
    He was re-elected.

  • Zimmerman Note

    British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause

  • The U.S. Declares War

    The U.S. Declares War
    The United States of America declared war on Germany in response to the sinking, by German U boats, of US ships.

  • The Selective Service Act becomes law

    The Selective Service Act becomes law
    Known as the draft.

  • Congress Passes the Sedition Act

    Congress Passes the Sedition Act
    On May 16, 1918, the United States Congress passes the Sedition Act, a piece of legislation designed to protect America's participation in World War I