WW1

  • Kaiser declares "open season" on ships

    Germany uses u boats to sink all ships
  • Kaiser Declare "Open Season" on Ships

    U boats are used by Germany to sink ships
  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Serbian teenager guns down and kills ferdinand
  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    A serbian teenage nationalist guns down Franz Ferdinand
  • Great War Begins

    Beginning of WW1
  • Great War Begins

    Beginning of WW1
  • Lusitania Sank

    Germans sank Lusitania that was a civilian ship carrying americans on board
  • Battle of the Somme

    Battle fought in WW1
  • Wilson re-elected

    Wilson elected for the second time
  • Zimmerman note intercepted

    Germany tells Mexico to declare war on Germany
  • US declares war on Germany

    us declares war on germany
  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act
    People had the choice to go to the military or not.
  • Selective Service Act

    A compulsory enlistment of men to join the army
  • Espionage Act Passed

    People are not allowed to speak freely during wartime
  • Espionage Act Passed

    People are not allowed to speak freely during war time
  • Russia pulls out of the war

    Russia has a revolution and is forced to leave war
  • Russia Pulls Out of the War

    They have a revolution and are forced to leave war.
  • Flu epidemic

    A extremely dangerous type of Influenza
  • Flu Epidemic

    Dangerous type of influenza went around
  • Fourteen Points Speech

    A speech made by Woodrow Wilson
  • Fourteen Points Speech

    Famous speech made by Woodrow Wilson
  • Sedition Act Passed

    designed to protect america's participation in ww1
  • Convoy System

    Merchant ships travel in groups across the atlantic
  • Germany signs Armistice

    It ended the fighting on the western front
  • Germany Signs Armistace

    Ended fighting on the Western Front