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Archduke of Austria was assassinated and cause a disrupt in alliances.
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President Wilson urges the country to remain neutral during the war as to not get involved with either side.
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Sinking of Cunard ocean liner by German warfare against the United Kingdom, killing several U.S. citizens.
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A secret diplomatic communication issued from the Germans to Mexico proposing a deal for them to enter that war.
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President Wilson goes before a joint session of congress to request a declaration of war against Germany.
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President Wilson created the committee on public informations to promote the war.
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Act that authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
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Made any statement considered unloyal to the U.S. government, constitution, or military illegal.
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The first 14,000 of American infantry troops land in France to fight in the war.
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A statement of principles for peace that was to be used for negotiations to end the war, outlined in a speech to congress by President Wilson.
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Archduke of Austria was assassinated and cause a disrupt in alliances. Ended on August 6, 1918.
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The armistice, or surrender, of Germany, ending the fighting on the western front.
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The nations at war meet in Paris, France to begin the long and complicated negotiations that would officially mark the end of the war. Ended in July of 1923.
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The U.S. denies the treaty saying that the country would never join the League of Nations.
