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One this day, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot by Gavrilo Princip. This event is often considered the spark for WW1 which would grow because of entangling alliances.
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Germany declares war on France , and invades neutral Belgium.
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Caused tension between Germans and Americans. The Germans sank American ship.
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The 1916 presidential election was the 33rd quadrennial presidential election held on Thursday , November 7, 1916
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Federal act passed to prohibit obtaining information.
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The Zimmerman Note was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German foreign office in January 1917
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Wilson requested, and congress approved a declaration of war against Austria- Hungary
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Germany used submarines warfare in European waterway. This act
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President Wilson asked congress to declare war on Germany saying " the world must be made safe for democracy."
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Congress passed this act, authorizing the draft. Young men could now be able to participate in the war.
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This was an unusual deadly influenza pandemic, affected 500 million people around the world.
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The Germans sign a peace treaty with the new Bolshevik government of Russia. The treaty gave Germany land of Ukraine and Poland, but made tension with America,France,Britain.
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It was the first major American offense of the war, the Americans fought bravely and soon attacked other German positions
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Germany asked their allies to sign an Armistice, that was an agreement to stop fighting.
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Britain declares war on Germany after hitlers troops invade Germany
