WW1

  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Him and his wife were gunned down by a teenage Serbian.
  • Great War Begins

    Great War Begins

    Another name for World War 1.
  • Kaiser declares "open season" on ships

    Kaiser declares "open season" on ships

    The sea had been open season for U-boat attacks on merchant ships.
  • Lusitania Sank

    Lusitania Sank

    Occurred on a Friday, during the first World War.
  • Wilson re-elected

    Wilson re-elected

    Wilson was re-elected because citizens say he kept them out of war.
  • Zimmerman not intercepted

    Zimmerman not intercepted

    The Zimmerman note was intercepted by the British.
  • US declares war on Germany

    US declares war on Germany

    President Wilson asked for the declaration of war on Germany.
  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act

    It authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into WW1.
  • Convoy System

    Convoy System

    German U-boats attacked allie neutral ships at sea.
  • Espionage Age passed

    Espionage Age passed

    It has been amended numerous times over the years.
  • Russia pulls out of the war

    Russia pulls out of the war

    Lenin wanted to concentrate on building up the communist state and wanted to pull Russia out of the war.
  • Flu Epidemic

    Flu Epidemic

    The 1918 Flu Epidemic was an unusual deadly influenze.
  • Fourteen Points Speech

    Fourteen Points Speech

    A speech given by Woodrow Wilson.
  • Sedition Act passed

    Sedition Act passed

    Made it a crime to willfully utter, print, write, or publish abusive language.
  • Germany Signs Armstice

    Germany Signs Armstice

    Signed in the first world war between the Allies and Germany.
  • Battle of the Somme

    Battle of the Somme

    Fought by the British and the French against the German empire.