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Kaiser declares “open season” on ships
Germany uses U boats to sink ships -
Great War begins
triggered by the assassination of Ferdinand -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
was shot to death, along with his wife, by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia -
Lusitania sank
torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland -
Period: to
Battle of the Somme
a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire -
Wilson re-elected
President Wilson defeated Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes -
Zimmerman note intercepted
Germany tells Mexico to declare war on Germany -
US declares war on Germany
the US declared war on Germany after Germany declared war on them after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor -
Selective Service Act
authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War 1 -
Espionage Age passed
provided penalties of 20 years imprisonment and fines up to $10,000 for those convicted of interfering with military recruitment -
Russia pulls out of the war
forced to leave the war because of revolution -
Flu Epidemic
the flu epidemic killed more people than the great war -
Fourteen Points speech
a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War 1 -
Sedition Act passed
an act of the US Congress that extended the Espionage Act to cover a broader range of offenses -
Convoy system
all merchant ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean would travel in groups under the protection of the British Navy -
Germany signs armistice
marked a victory for the allies and a complete defeat for Germany
