World War I

  • Kaiser declares "open season" on ships

    Kaiser declares "open season" on ships

    Germany attacks any ships that are not with allied counties.
  • Assasination of Franz Ferdinand

    Assasination of Franz Ferdinand

    Young Serbian teen shoots and kills Prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife.
  • The great war begins

    The great war begins

    Austria-Hungary declres war on Serbia.
  • Lusitania sank

    Lusitania sank

    Germany sinks a civilian ship with American citizens on board.
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    Battle of Somme

    First battle of World War I.
  • Wilson re-elected

    Wilson re-elected

    Wilson is re elected for a second term as US president.
  • Zimmerman note intercepted

    Zimmerman note intercepted

    Note saying to aid Mexico in Germany related conflict.
  • US declares war on Germany

    US declares war on Germany

    US declares war on Germany
  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act

    Allowed the federal government to raise a national army for the U.S. to enter World War 1.
  • Espionage age passed

    Espionage age passed

    It was officialy a crime to pass information to foreign forces regarding the US.
  • Russia pulled out of the war

    Russia pulled out of the war

    Russian government was overthrown and the new leaders wanted to focus on building a communist state.
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    Flu epidemic

    First of two pandemics that killed 50 to 100 million people worldwide, including those from the artic and pacific islands.
  • fourteen points speech

    fourteen points speech

    1. Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.
  • Sedition Act Passed

    Sedition Act Passed

    Restiriciton of freedom of speech that cast American government in negative light.
  • Convoy system

    Convoy system

    ships traveling in large groups for greater chance of survival.
  • Germany signs armistice

    Germany signs armistice

    World War I finally ends.