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Franz and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip.
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914 triggered a war between the central and allied powers.
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This made the north sea a war zone.
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Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany. The ship was identified and torpedoed by Germany and sank in 18 minutes
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The French were able to regain a decent amount of land from the Germans.
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Won his second time running for president against Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate.
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Much of Russia's army started laying down their weapons after months of debating whether to leave the war. Lenin wanted to concentrate on building up a communist state and wanted to pull Russia out of the war.
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A note from Germany to Mexico was intercepted by the US and decoted. Germany was asking Mexico for a offer of being allies.
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The United States declared war because Germany renewed its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare that it had abandoned in 1915 after the sinking of the Lusitania
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This act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
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All merchant ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean would travel in groups under the protection of the British
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Its purpose was to make it illegal to write or speak anything critical of American involvement in the war.
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The influenza pandemic killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people.
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This speech was given to make peace regulations from WW1
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This act included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote.
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This was an agreement to stop fighting, and the 4 year long war came to an end.