World War I

By Abarlow20
  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Killed by Gavrilo Princip
  • Great War begins

    Great War begins

    Assassinating Franz Ferdinand kick started the war.
  • Lusitania sank

    Lusitania sank

    torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland.
  • Battle of the Somme

    Battle of the Somme

    also known as the Somme Offensive,
  • Wilson re-elected

    Wilson re-elected

  • Zimmerman note intercepted

    Zimmerman note intercepted

  • Kaiser declares “open season” on ships

    Kaiser declares “open season” on ships

  • Selective Service Act

    Draft for the war
  • Espionage Age passed

    Espionage Age passed

    Shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I.
  • Flu Epidemic

    Flu Epidemic

    flu pandemic was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus.
  • Fourteen Points speech

    Fourteen Points speech

    Statement of principles for peace t

  • Russia pulls out of the war.

    The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
  • Germany signs armistice

    Germany signs armistice

  • Convoy system

    Convoy system

    driven by the spectacular success of the German U-boat submarines and their attacks on Allied and neutral ships at sea,
  • US declares war on Germany

    US declares war on Germany

    against the Japanese Empire, Nazi Germany declared war against the United States,
  • Sedition Act passed

    Sedition Act passed

    To cover a broader range of offenses,