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Gathering of people that would go into war 4 years later
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President Woodrow Wilson, who would serve as commander during World War I, officially becomes president for the first of two terms.
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The first zeppelin was a German zeppelin over the English coast.
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Germans won the battle by using their railway system to surround the Russian Second army at Tannenberg before it’s commander could realize what was happening.
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Germans did not win this battle but did take in 100,000 Russians as prisoners.
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On this day, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event I often considered the spark for World War 1, which would grow because of entangling alliances
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Germany declares war on France because they were going to help out Russia, since then Germany and Russia had already been at conflict.
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Turkey gave naval help to a German bombardment of Russia.
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Ruthless slaughter of millions of Armenians by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
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A German U-boat torpedoed and sank the Lusitania. The sinking of the Lusitania played a significant role in turning public opinion against Germany, both in the United States and abroad
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Woodrow Wilson became the first Democratic president since Andrew Jackson to be elected to two consecutive terms of office
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Chasing Pancho Villa around Mexico, made Americans realize that they were not ready for a war in Europe
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Battle of the Somme was the battle that symbolized the horrors of warfare in World War One; this one battle had a marked effect on overall casualty figures and seemed to epitomize the futility of trench warfare.
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The sinking of the Sussex angered the U.S. further as the Germans broke their promise to not attack passenger ships
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The first German air raid on London took place.
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United States had investments in Britain and France. Getting payed back from these countries was a reason to enter war.
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The telegram was from the Germans to reach out to Mexico for a request to join them on attacking the United States.
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Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany.
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Congress granted the request. Now officially at war with Germany
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Wilson proposes his 14 reasons why they went into war, and what should happen once the war ended.
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Wilson's 14 points were passed through, due to many other countries disagreeing.
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The first League of Nations meeting. Although the LON was proposed by Wilson, the United States never joined the nations due to disagreements.
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Britain refused to ignore the events of August 1914, when Germany attacked France through Belgium.
