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President Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party. -
The outbreak of WWI
World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. -
America Proclaims Neutrality in World War 1
President Woodrow Wilson formally proclaims the neutrality of the United States, a position that a vast majority of Americans favored, on August 4, 1914. -
The Battle of the Marne
The First Battle of the Marne was a battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914.It was fought in a collection of skirmishes around the Marne River Valley. -
The Declaration of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare by Germany
Unrestricted submarine warfare was first introduced in World War I in the early 1915, when Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone, which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries would be attacked by the German navy. -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7th, 1915, the German submarine, U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania. A swift-moving British cruise liner traveling from New York to Liverpool, England. -
The battle of the Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War -
The sussex Incident
the sussex incident, torpedoing of a French cross-Channel passenger steamer, the Sussex, by a German submarine, leaving 80 casualties, including two Americans wounded -
The battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme, which took place from July to November 1916, began as an Allied offensive against German forces along the Western Front of World War I, near the Somme River in France. -
The re-election of president Woodrow Wilson
Wilson prevailed in the 1916 election, becoming the first Democrat to win a second consecutive term since Andrew Jackson. -
The interception of the Zimmermann Telegram
In January 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, Heinrich -
The United States Enters World War 1
Days after the U.S. Senate voted 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the declaration by a vote of 373 to 50, and America formally enters World War 1. -
The Selective Service Act
This act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. But within a few months, some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft. -
The Beginning of the Spanish Flu Epidemic
The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919 -
The fourteen points by President Wilson
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson. -
Russia pulls out of the World War 1
In the city of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern-day Belarus near the Polish border, Russia signs a treaty with the Central Powers ending its participation in World War I. -
The passing of the Espionage Act
The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the United States or and the advantage of any foreign nation. -
The passing of the Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during the time of war. It was passed on May 16, 1918, as an amendment to Title I of the Espionage Act of 1917, the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech. -
The landing of the American Expeditionary Force in France
The American Expeditionary Forces, commanded by General John Pershing, were the armed forces that the United States sent to Europe during World War I. -
The Battle of Argonne Forest
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the largest operations of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, with over a million American soldiers participating. -
Armistice Day Ends World War 1
Armistice on the Western Front, after more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. -
The Paris Peace Conference & Treaty of Versailles
The Paris Peace Conference in January 1919 at Versailles just outside Paris. The conference was called to establish the terms of the peace after the World War I. The representatives of the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, and Italy became known as the “Big Four.”