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A bomb was thrown at their auto but missed. They continue their visit. Than are shot and killed a short time later by a lone assassin. Believes the assassin was a Serbian nationalist. Its significant to the U.S. because its the first major event that led to world war 1, which eventually involved the U.S. -
The declaration is binding on all controls within the British Empire including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa. And the The U.S. declares its neutrality. If Great Britain didn't declare war on Germany then the U.S. wouldn't have declared neutrality, And the Americans soon started to see the Germans as a aggressor. -
A German U-Boat torpedoes a British passenger liner (Lusitania)off the Irish coast. Which sinks in 18 minutes. 1,201 people drown, including 128 Americans. President Woodrow Wilson sends four diplomatic protests to Germany. Its significant to the U.S because the sinking of the ship has 128 Americans on it and 114 of those Americans died. Which began the Germans unrestricted Supermarine warfare. -
American voters re-elect President Woodrow Wilson who had campaigned the slogan, "He kept us out of war." Its significant to the U.S because its the election of their president and the leader of the U.S. that makes all the choices to go in or out of war. -
Its message outlines plans for an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the U.S. Germany would provide tactical support while Mexico would benefit by expanding into the American Southwest retrieving territories that had once been part of Mexico. Significant to the U.S. because it helped pressure President Wilson to ask congress for a declaration of war against Germany. -
The United States declare war on Germany. It caused the U.S to enter the war in Europe. -
The first American troops land in France. Its significant because it marked a major turning point in the war and helped the allies to victory. -
Begins with a goal of bogging down the Allies in central France, preventing further reinforcements from reaching the British positions in the north. 41 divisions, German 1st and 7th Armies attack the defenses of the French 6th Army along the front east of the Aisne River. After a highly effective artillery barrage, German storm troops over the decimated 6th Army. Significant to the U.S., American forces played a role in stopping the Germans during intense fighting at Chateau-Thierry. -
The Germans sign the Armistice, Fighting continues all along the Western Front until 11 o'clock, with 2,000 casualties that day by all sides. Artillery barrages also erupt as 11 am draws near as soldiers yearn to claim they fired the very last shot in the war. Significant because the armistice was based on a speech by President Woodrow Wilson, which became the basis for the German surrender at the Paris Peace Conference the following year. -
230 pages contain terms that have little in common with Wilson's Fourteen Points as the Germans had hoped. Germans back home react with mass demonstrations against the harshness, especially clauses that assess sole blame for the war on Germany. The ending of the war was mainly because of the U.S President Wilson, that's how its significant.