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Woodrow Wilson
As president of the United States, he passed important legislation on those and many other issues, narrowly winning reelection in 1916 after pledging to keep America out of World War I. Wilson's foreign policy was noted for its idealistic humanitarianism; his Fourteen Points—a statement of national objectives that envisioned a new international order after World War I—ultimately failed, but was one of the clearest expressions of interventionist American values. -
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Alliances
The allies - France, Russia, Britain Empire, and USA. The Central Powers - Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkish Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungary's throne, and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip while the couple were visiting Sarajevo. -
US Neurality
As World War I erupts in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson formally proclaims the neutrality of the United States, a position that a vast majority of Americans favored. Wilson's initial hope that America could be "impartial in thought as well as in action". -
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Trench Warfare
n the early weeks of the First World War both German and French commanders anticipated a war that would involve a large amount of troop movement. During the First Battle of the Marne in September 1914, however, the Germans were pushed back by Allied forces. They subsequently "dug in" to avoid losing any more ground. Unable to break through this line of defense, the Allies also began to dig protective trenches. -
The Lusitania
Video of LusitaniaThe Lusitania saled bound for Liverpool from New York and its sinking made a major impact on America and World War 1, but America did not still join the war for another 2 years -
Doughboy
A nickname for American soldiers during World War 1, it began due to the dumpling shaped buttons worn by Union soldiers -
John J. Pershing
John J. Pershing was promoted to General of the Armies during World War 1, the highest rank ever held in the United States Army -
US Enter War
U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. However, the U.S. eventually did enter the war. -
Zimmerman Telegram
British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This message helped draw the United States into the war and thus changed the course of history. -
14 Points
Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace to Congress. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war -
League of Nations
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Armistice Agreement
An agreement to stop fighting, was signed between France, Britian, and Germany to bringing four years of fighting in the First World War to an end. -
Versailles Treaty
The Versailles Treaty was the peace settlement between Germany and the Allied Powers that officially ended World War I. However, the conditions in the treaty were so punitive upon Germany that many believe the Versailles Treaty laid the groundwork for the eventual rise of Nazis in Germany and the eruption of World War II. -
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German Reparations
German ReparationsGerman Reparations reparations refers to the payments and transfers of property and equipment that Germany was forced to make under the Treaty of Versailles (1919) following its defeat during World War I. Article 231 of the Treaty declared Germany and its allies responsible for all 'loss and damage' suffered by the Allies during the war and provided the basis for reparations.
