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Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In June Ferdinand and his wife were driving through the city. Gavrilo Princip stepped from the crowd and shot Archduke and his wife Sophie.This delcared a what expected to be a short war against Serbia. -
Germany declares War
Germany Declares war on Russia and France. Great brittian delcares war on on Germany and Austria Hungary. The great war had just began. -
Hollywood California
Hollywood California becomes the center of movie production in the U.S.. BY 1912 they had established the first motion pictur in Los Angleles. During the time the first studio was established in Hollywood. -
Alexander Graham
Alexander makes the first tradcontinental telephone call. Alexaner was a scothish raised kid. Inventing the phone beofre anyone else. -
Germany
Germany U-boats sink the Lusitania. During it being sunk 1,198 people died. This was the response from the British blockade. -
Albert Einstein
Albert proposes his general theory of realtivity. This stated that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers. This was showed my a vacuum dimonstration. -
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson was elected president. His slogan was that he kep them out of war. He was the first democratic president. -
Battle of 1916
The battle of Verdun and Somme calimed millions of lives. French held the line in the longest battle of the war. The battle was fought during the first world war -
The Selcective Service Act
The selective service act sets up the draft. This let the federal gov. raise a national army for world war 1. This was through them enlistining people. -
U.S War
The U.S declared war on Gearmany. WIlsn wanted to make the world safe for democracy. Germany then plotted to ally with Mexico. -
Russia Withdraws
Russia withdraws from the war. The Russian impereal leaders where over thworwn. This led to a civil war. -
The Sedition Act
1918 congress passed the sedition act. This alowed the speech and epresion of opinion. This was to cast on the gov. about war in a negative way. -
Wilson Proposes
Wilson propsed the League of the Nations. This was a result of the paris peace confrence. This eneded the first World War. -
The Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks established a communist regime in Russia. They became the communist party of the Soviet Union. They came to power in the october revolution. -
World War
The first World War end in 1918. The German army retreated. People were not suprised when it came to an end. -
Nineteenth Amendment
COngress aproves the nineteenth Amendment. The amendment granted women the right to vote. By 1920 it was ratified by the states. -
Influenza
A worldwide influenza epedimic kill over 30 million people. This was more than number of people killed in the great war. It has been said to be the most devistating epedimic in history.