World War I

By tamia.peterson

  • Hollywood California

    Hollywood California, becomes the center of movie production in the U.S.

  • Archduke's assassination

    The year Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated

  • Germany declares War

    Germany declares War on Russia and France. Great Britain declares War on Germant and Austria Hungary.

  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein proposes his general theory of relativity

  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell makes first transcontinental telephone call.

  • German U-Boats

    Geraman U-Boats sink the Lusitania, and 1,198 people die.

  • Battles of Verdun

    The battles of Verdun and the Somme claim millions of lives.

  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson is reelected president

  • russia withdrawls

    Russia withdrawls from the war. Russian withdrawal from World War I, it appeared to benefit Germany at first. Russia entered war in 1914.

  • U.S. declares War on Germany

    The United states declares War on Germany

  • Selective Service Act

    The Selective Service Act sets up the draft.

  • President Wilson

    President Wilson proposes the League of Nations. Speaking before the U.S. Congress on January 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson enumerated the last of his Fourteen Points,

  • Sedition Act

    Congress passes the Sedition Act. On this day in 1918, Congress extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broad range of spoken or written offenses