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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces the U.S. will remain neutral.
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Germany sends the secret Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico in an effort to entice Mexico to join the war. The British intercept and decipher the coded message
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The United States declares war on Germany
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The Bolsheviks successfully overthrow the Russian government.
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- The armistice agreed upon between the new Russian government and the Central Powers goes into effect.
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President Woodrow Wilson declares his 14 points as the path to permanent world peace.
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Woodrow Wilson sets sail for the Paris Peace conference
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President Wilson brings his campaign for the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and its League of Nations to the American peopl