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A teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.
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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the beginning of the Great War.
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Kaiser Wilhelm declares battle on ships, and the North Sea becomes a war zone.
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the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland.
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This was the first major battle fought in WW1.
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Former president, Woodrow Wilson was re-elected.
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Zimmermann instructed the ambassador, Count Johann von Bernstorff, to offer significant financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any future U.S-German conflict as a German ally.
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Zimmermann proposed that in the event of war with the US, Germany and Mexico would join in an alliance. This made Wilson have no choice but to declare war on Germany.
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The Selective Service Act is a way to draft men into the war to fight for America.
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An act passed saying that people are not allowed speak freely during the time of war.
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Russia has a revolution and is forced to leave the war.
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An extremely fatal influenza outbreak began, killing thousands of people.
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Woodrow wilson’s postwar speech about peace and reuniting the nation again.
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A document designed to protect America's nation after WW1.
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A system created that makes ships travel together in groups to increase the chance of survival.
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Agreement that ended the fighting on the western front.
