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World War 1

  • Kaiser declares "open season" on ships

    Kaiser declares "open season" on ships

    Germany uses "U boats" to sink all ships
  • Lusitania sank

    Lusitania sank

    A German u-boat sank the British boat, Lusitania, holding 120 Americans.
  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    A teenage Serbian Nationalist guns down Archduke Franz and his wife in their motorcar.
  • Great War begins

    Great War begins

    World War 1 begins.. sparked by the assination of Franz.
  • Battle of Somme

    Battle of Somme

    Largest battle of World War 1
  • Wilson re-elected

    Wilson re-elected

    Wilson won against Charles Evans Hughes in the 1916 election
  • Zimmerman Note intercepted

    Zimmerman Note intercepted

    A note sent from Germany to Mexico trying to get them to Ally with Germany. Incepted by the US, causing an outrage in the American people.
  • US Declares war on Germany

    US Declares war on Germany

    The US declared war on Germany because of their use of unrestricted submarines warfare and becauase of the Zimmerman Note
  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act

    An act authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people.
  • Convey System

    Convey System

    Ships would sail together for protection and security
  • Espionage Act passed

    Espionage Act passed

    This act made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country’s enemies
  • Russia pulls out of the war

    Russia pulls out of the war

    Bolsheviks overthrew the government and they withdrew from the war.
  • The Fourteen Points Speech

    The Fourteen Points Speech

    The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I
  • Sedition Act passed

    Sedition Act passed

    extended the espionage act by nobility speech and expression of opinion
  • Germany signs armistice

    Germany signs armistice

    the agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front.