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Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
The assassination of Franz-Ferdinand set off a chain of events in Austria-Hungary where they blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the incident as justification for settling the question of Slav nationalism. -
Wilson Urges Neutrality
The U.S. wanted to distance itself from European political entanglements so Wilson in a public appeal announced that the United States "must be neutral in fact as well as in name." -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Less than a year after World War I, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania but the sinking of the Lusitania changed public opinions against Germany. The U.S. would then enter into World War I two years later. -
Zimmerman Note
The telegram was intercepted by British intelligence which later led Congress to deliver a message of war and entered into war four days later. -
Creation of the CPI
Wilson created the Committee on Public Information (CPI) to promote the war domestically while publicizing American war aims abroad. -
Selective Service Act
The Selective Service Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I. -
Espionage Act
The Espionage Act is a United States federal law that was passed shortly after the U.S. entered into World War I. -
Wilson’s 14 Points
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used in order to end World War I. -
Second Battle of Marne
The Second Battle of Marne was Germany's final offensive push of World War I. -
American Troops Enter Europe
U.S. infantry troops land in France at the port of Saint Nazaire to fight along the Western Front. -
Paris Peace Conference
The Paris Peace Conference was a meeting of Allied Powers following the end of World War I to set the peace from the defeated Central Powers. -
Rejection of the Treaty of Versailles
The Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles and the U.S. would never ratify the treaty or join the League of Nations. -
German Surrender in Compiegne, France
WW1 ended with the surrender in Compiegne. -
America Declares War
President Franklin Roosevelt declares war against Japan.
