world war 1

By joesif

  • hollywood, california

    Hollywood, California, becomes the center of movie production in the U.S.
    1900 Hollywood had a population of 500, soon it became 100,000 with a year or two.
    The first Academy Awards were placed Hollywood.

  • ferdinand was assassnated

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated.
    The assassination set off a rapid chains of events, as Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia.
    After a great amount of bloodshed, the great war ended November 11, 1918.

  • Germany declares war

    -Germany declares war on Russia and France. -Great Britain declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. -Serbia refuses to let the troops in, so Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia.

  • U-boats

    German U-boats sink the Lusitania and 1,198 people were killed. President Wilson sent troops to fight. The Sussex sank and about 80 passangers including Americans were killed.

  • Einstein proposes

    Albert Einstein proposes his general theory of relativity. Albert also showed the world what he was capable of doing wiht his special gifts.
    developed his groundbreaking theories while working as a clerk

  • The Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell makes first transcomtinental telephone call. also came up with the idea of the metal detector Bell was the teacher of hellen keller

  • The battles of Verdun

    The battles of Verdun and the Somme claim millions of lives. was one of the largest battles of the first world war considered the greatest and lengthiest in world history

  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson is reelected president. was possibly americas most hated president at the time the only scholar with a Ph.D ever elected president

  • The selective service

    The selective service Act sets up the draft for the war. wilson called to the public to keep the nations armed services supplied
    black americans which were nearly 2.3 million drafted took a special sacrifice

  • Declare war

    The united states declares war on germany to make the world safe for democracy America was in fact the only country on which hitler declared war on

  • Russia

    Russia withdraws from the war. turned against themseleves and had a huge bloddy war 1,700,000 were killed

  • Congress passes

    Congress passes the Sedition Act covered a broader range of offenses Act imposed harsh penalties on anyone found guilty of making false statements

  • President wilson proposes

    President Woodrow Wilson proposes the league of nations was an international organization and part the 14 points wilson made proposals that would ensure world peace

  • Bolshevik

    The Bolshevicks establish a communist regime in Russia resulted in a successful overthrow of the government drove thousands of whites into exile

  • War ends

    The first world war ends start of peace negotiations in paris 38 million people all together were killed

  • Congress approves

    Congress approves the nineteenth Amendment, granting women to vote. Tenessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment
    Senate passed the 19th Amendment by two votes over its two-thirds required majority, 56-25.

  • worldwide influenza

    A worldwide influenza epidemic kills over 30 million. KIlls more than the great war. Victims died within hours or days of their symptoms appearing,