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A serbian nationalist assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie while they were visiting Sarajevo.
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Germany has promised to ally it in battle, therefore it becomes the countrie's ally.
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Germany declares war on Russia on the first of August and war on France on the third of August.
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Germany sinks the British ocean liner, the Lusitania, with a U-boat
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Probably the event that launched the US into war. The british intercept the Zimmerman letter that the German's used to lure the Mexicans into war by promising them US land back after the war was won.
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The US declares war on Germany.
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President Woodrow Wilson issues his fourteen points to peace which is widely disregarded.
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Russia signs a peace treaty between itself and the Central Powers.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates his throne and flees Germany
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Germany signs the armistice in France and the fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of November.
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The Treaty of Versailles officially ends the war on June 28th, 1919.
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The First U.S. Banks fail.
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The Stock Market begins to crash
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The Stock Market completely collapses.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president.
