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Saved the Capital City of Paris from capture. It is remembered for the Trench Warfare And was there to characterize World War One. -
Wilson defeated incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and third-party nominee Theodore Roosevelt to easily win the 1912 presidential election, becoming the first Southerner to do so since 1848. -
It was the greatest drama of the World War and it threatened the main German communication lines. -
Agreement by the German government during World War I to stop the indiscriminate sinking of nonmilitary ships. -
Just hours after narrowly escaping an assassin's bomb, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, are killed by Gavrilo Princip. -
The American economy boomed during the period of neutrality.The war created a tremendous demand for American industrial and agricultural products. -
contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I.caused international outrage and helped turn public opinion against Germany, particularly in the then-neutral United States. -
It made the eventual defeat of Germany possible. -
Tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech critical of the government. -
Broadly sought to crack down on wartime activities considered dangerous or disloyal -
A more professional and effective army emerged from the battle. -
The election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1916.Incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated former associate justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate. -
January 17, 1917 British signals intelligence intercepted and decrypted a coded German telegram from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann that was intended for Germany's ambassador to Mexico. -
German military leaders calculated they could defeat the allies before the U.S. could mobilize and arm troops to land in Europe. -
By registering all eligible men, Selective Service ensures a fair and equitable draft, if ever required. Exemptions and deferments apply only in the event of a draft. -
Contingent landed in France in late June 1917 at Saint-Nazaire. The war would soon enter its fourth year with no end in sight. Every French family had been touched by the injury and loss of loved ones, and the austerities of war. -
On November 11, 1918 an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I. -
One of the first recorded cases was on March 11, 1918, at Fort Riley in Kansas. -
These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of World War I. In this January 8, 1918, speech on War Aims and Peace Terms, President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I. -
Under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed on March 3, 1918, formally ending Russia's involvement in World War I. -
It was one of the attacks that brought an end to the War and was fought from September 26 – November 11, 1918, when the Armistice was signed. -
The main result was the Treaty of Versailles, with Germany, which in section 231 laid the guilt for the war on "the aggression of Germany and her allies". This provision proved humiliating for Germany and set the stage for very high reparations Germany was supposed to pay.