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He was heir to the Austria-Hungary's throne. He and His wife were assassinated.
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Germany declared war on France. German troops poured into Belgium as directed under the Schleiffen Plan
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There outraged protests from the United States at the German U-boat campaign, when the Lusitania, which had many American passengers aboard, was sank.
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He was re-elected.
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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
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The United States of America declared war on Germany in response to the sinking, by German U boats, of US ships.
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Known as the draft.
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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
