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The Election of President Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson wins the election on November 7, 1912 in which he becomes the 28th president of the United States. Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the representative of the people."No one but the President," he said. -
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: The Outbreak of WWI
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie led to the start/outbreak of the First World War. -
America Proclaims Neutrality in World War I
When the war had broken out in Europe, U.S. immediately declared its neutrality .Woodrow Wilson had said that America should be Impartial in thought as well as in action. -
The Battle of the Marne
The First Battle of WWI was known as The Battle of the Marne.The war was fought from 5 to 12 September 1914.The battle was fought in a collection of skirmishes around the Marne River Valley. -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The RMS Lusitania was a UK-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915. -
The Battle of the Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse. -
The Sussex Incident
The Sussex Incident, torpedoing of a French cross-Channel passenger steamer, the Sussex, by a German submarine, leaving 80 casualties, including two Americans wounded.The attack prompted a U.S. threat to sever diplomatic relations. -
The Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme, which was also known as the Somme Offensive was a battle fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. -
The Re-Election of President Woodrow Wilson
November 7, 1916, Woodrow Wilson came out on top of the 1916 Presidential election, which occurred during World War I. Wilson won over Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes. -
The Declaration of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare by Germany
Unrestricted submarine warfare was first introduced in World War I in early 1915, when Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, would be attacked by the German navy.
They hoped to break the British stranglehold blockade of crucial German supply ports and knock Britain out of the war within the year. -
The Interception of the Zimmermann Telegram
In the telegram, intercepted and deciphered by British intelligence in January 1917, Zimmermann instructed the ambassador, Count Johann von Bernstorff, to offer significant financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any future U.S-German conflict as a German ally. -
The United States Enters World War I
On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. Wilson asked Congress for “a war to end all wars” that would “make the world safe for democracy.” -
The Selective Service Act
The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I. -
The Passing of the Espionage Act
Congress enacted the Espionage Act of 1917 on June 15, two months after the United States entered World War I. Just after the war, prosecutions under the act led to landmark First Amendment precedents. -
The Landing of the American Expeditionary Force in France
The first AEF contingent landed in France in late June 1917 at Saint-Nazaire. The war would soon enter its fourth year with no end in sight. Every French family had been touched by the injury and loss of loved ones, and the austerities of war. -
The Beginning of the Spanish Flu Epidemic
The Spanish Flu started appearing in February of 1918.The 1918 influenza pandemic, commonly known by the misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus.The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. -
The Fourteen Points by President Wilson
The Fourteen Points were principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations.The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson. -
Russia Pulls Out of World War I
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Russia and the Central Powers(Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
The Passing of the Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. Passed on May 16, 1918.The act provided for expanded limitations on speech. -
The Battle of Argonne Forest
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the largest operations of the AEF in World War I, with over a million American soldiers participating. It was also the deadliest campaign in American history, resulting in over 26,000 soldiers being killed in action and over 120,000 total casualties.The Battle lasted from September 26-November 11, 1918 -
Armistice Day Ends World War I
On Nov. 11, 1918, after more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. Although fighting continued elsewhere, the armistice between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending World War I.
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The Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles
The Paris Peace Conference was an international meeting convened in January 1919 at Versailles just outside Paris. The purpose of the meeting was to establish the terms of the peace after World War.