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A teenage Serbian Nationalist shot Francis and his wife as he was riding back from a parade.
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Alliances formed as the war began. Britain, France, Ireland, and Russia were part of the Triple Entente. Germany and Austria-Hungary formed the Central Powers.
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Kaiser Wilhelm announces the North Sea as a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, were liable to be sunk without warning.
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A German U-Boat torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, which was a British ocean liner that was on it's way to from New York to Liverpool, England. There were more than 1900 passengers and about 1100 died including more than 120 Americans.
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Britain and France vs. Germany. On the River "Somme." Marked effect on overall casualty figures and seemed to epitomise the futility of trench warfare.
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Wilson was reelected on the promise of keeping the state out of war like he did before.
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Germany sent a telegram to Mexico to be their ally and turn against us, but we intercepted it and helped the support for declaring war on Germany.
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Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war.
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Gave the president power to draft soldiers for The Great War.
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A group of merchant vessels sailing together, with or without naval escort, for mutual security and protection, has a much longer history than sometimes suggested.
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A United States federal law passed to try and prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment. Also to prevent the support of the United States enemies during the war.
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Signed a treaty called the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk between the Central Powers and Russia allowing them to leave the war.
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An unusually deadly influenza pandemic. Took 50 million lives.
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A statement of points for world peace to try and end WWI. Delivered by the president at the time Woodrow Wilson.
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Extended the Espionage act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses such as: speech and the expression of opinion that cast government or the war effort in a negative way. etc....
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Between Allies and Germany. Agreement that ended fighting on the
Western Front. Marked a victory for Allies and defeat for Germany.
