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Franz Ferdinand Assassination
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand instigated the beginning of World War I. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Austria-Hungary did this mainly because Gavrilo Princip who did the murder of the Archduke. Quickly Germany Russia and many more countries were in the war from this. -
First use of gas as a weapon by the Germans
These new weapons have caused many numbers of deaths. One of the new weapons is gas the Germans first used this but later many countries developed gas and gas masks. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania sank because a German U-Boat torpedoed it. Wilson held germany acountable for doing this and more than 1,000 people died. -
Wilson reelected; pledged American neutrality
Wilsons democratic campain slogan was He wilson kept us out of the war. Although Wilson still only barely defeated the Republican candidate Charels Evans Hughes. -
Zimmermann Note
This note was sent by Alex Zimmerman to Mexico to asl if they would attack the US. This was a main part in the US joining the war although they thought it was fake originaly. -
U.S. declares war
Congres declared war because they disided that to defend the nations rights and contenue to be a world power we would have to join the war. Many men age 21-30 entered the war. -
Bolsheviks led by Lenin overthrow Russian government
The Bolsheviks took over the temporary goverment and many people in Russia thought this was a good thing but the leader turned out to be worse for most people. -
War ends
On this day Germany declared an armistice to end the war. This day is now called veterans day but was called armistice day. People were realeved when this happened. -
Treaty of Versailles
Under its terms Germany had to exept full responsibilty for the war. Ad haad to pay the Alies Billions of dollars they didn't have from the war efort. It also carved out the German and Austro-Hungary empires.
