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German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania during crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, killing 128 Americans. this effected the U.S because many of there people died in regards to another country so they had to defend there self's -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand gang, a group of Serbian nationalists, whose aim was to free Serbia of the rule of the Austro-Hungarian empire. This helped the U.S decide to stay neutral. -
Great Britain declares war on Germany Allie because the U.S was allies with great Britain -
the German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania Americans were on that boat and the Germans were threating the Americans and they want to defend there country to keep them safe. -
American voters re-elect President Woodrow Wilson who had campaigned on the slogan, "He kept us out of war."
gives the Americans there president back and a leader for there democracy. -
British naval intelligence intercepted and decrypted a telegram sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Ambassador in Mexico City.
it did not effect America and made them stay neutral. -
the United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe.
the unites states started to get involved and was not neutral anymore. -
The first American troops land in France The war has started and they were officially in it. -
The Sedition Act of 1918 was enacted on May 16, 1918 to extend the Espionage Act of 1917. The Sedition Act covered a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds. The Sedition Act made it a crime for American citizens to "print, utter, or publish... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the government. -
an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I.
The war was on the way to be ended. Americans return back safely and no more lifes are at risk -
The Versailles Peace Treaty, signed on June 28, 1919, officially ended World War I. The Treaty of Versailles included a plan to form a League of Nations that would serve as an international forum and an international collective security arrangement. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was a strong advocate of the League as he believed it would prevent future wars.