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the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Bosnia, Austria Hungary believed it was a assassin from Serbia and declared war a month after -
after Germany refused to remove troops from a neutral Belgium the United Kingdom declared war upon the Germans -
a German Uboat sinks a British passenger ship secretly carrying weapons, with some Americans on board -
Woodrow Wilson narrowly beats Charles E Hughes in the election, jeanette ranking is the first women elected into the house of representatives -
the British intercepted a message from Germany to Mexico about a possible alliance to defeat the United States -
united states officially joins ww1 and joins the allied powers -
the after Woodrow Wilsons speech to congress they voted for war, and the United States declared war on Germany
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2 moths after a declaration of war the United States arrives in France -
2 months after the United States declared war on Germany the first American soldiers arrive in France
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a end to the fighting as soldiers claim they fired the "last shot in the war" -
The versailles peace treaty signed june 28 1919 officially ending ww1