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Gavrilo Princip fired two shots, killing the archduke and his wife, Sophie.
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The German troops poured into Belgium and France, The small Belgian army put up unexpected strong resistance, giving the French and British time to rush troops into the battle.
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Published "A message to the people of the United States" he expressed the surprise and fear many Americans felt at the news that Europe was at war.
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The allies pushed the German lines back some 40 miles, as 1914 drew to a close, leaders of both sides realized that there would be no quick war.
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A U-boat sank a British passenger liner in the Irish Sea, killing more than 100 people, including one American.
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The germans launched a huge offensive designed to "bleed the French army white" by causing unsustainable casualties
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Increased the number of soldiers in the regular army from some 90,000 to about 175,000 with an ultimate goal of 223,000
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Germany resumed fullscale U-boat warfare, the Germans were gambling that their U-boat fleet could defeat the Allies before the United States joined the war.
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The CPI initially put out fact-based material that was censored to present an upbeat picture of the war. Very quickly, however, the CPI began churning out raw propaganda that pictured the Germans as evil monsters.
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Required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register with local draft boards.
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Thousands of "Yanks"- U.S. soldiers- cheered on by huge crowds, marched through Paris, France & stopped at the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution.
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The longest battle of the war, the two sides suffered nearly 1 million more casualties, half of them deaths.
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This was established to ensure that the voice of labor was heard, the NWLB arbitrated disputes between workers and employers.
