WWI

By hl13624

  • Eddie Rickenbocker

    This was the day Eddie was born, a man well known today as Captain Eddie. He was an American fighter ace in WWI and recieved a Medal of Honor. He was also a race car driver and an automotive designer.

  • Black Jack Pershing

    This was the day that Pershing, born December 13th, 1860, was awarded with the Distinguished Serivice Cross for his heroism in action against hostile fanatical Moros at Mt. Bagsak, Jolo, Philippine Islands. He was one of America's most famous Army officers. He served for his country many times, also as an American Commander in Europe during the WWI.

  • Archduke Francis Ferdinand's Assassination

    Along with Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne, his wife was also assassinated. They were assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist in Sarejevo.

  • Nationalism

    Nationalism was involved in WWI for many reasons. Nationalism led to Archduke Ferdinand's assisnation after Ferdinand had selected a Serbian national holiday to parade through Sarajevo, enthusing nationalist distaste. Also, Gernmany was the power opposing to the traditional France and Britian. Germany's desire to prove itself was considered nationalism.

  • Gavril Pincip

    He shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, afterwards, trying to commit suicide when an onlooker stopped him and he ended up having to go to jail.

  • Austia-Hungary Declares War

    The Emperor ,Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, declares war on Serbia and Russia.

  • Germany Declares War on Russia

    This was the outbreak of World War I.

  • Germany Invades Luxembourg

  • Germany Declares War on France

  • Germany Declares War on Belgium

    Germany declared war on Belgium, which was a neutral country, and then invades to defeat France quickly. In doing so, it violated a treaty signed by Prussua which respects Belgians neutrality. After the invasion, Britain declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary along with Canada joining the war. The U.S. president at the time, Woodrow Wilson, also then declares the policy of American neutrality.

  • Volunteering in the British Army

    Some of the battles that occured such as Ypres and the Somme battles cost Britian a large number of casualties, and by 1916, the volunteers to join the British Army was slowing down leaving the government to introduce a conscription in 1916; a law stating that one had to serve their country in the military for at certain number of years. Also, a 'conscience clause' was created, so those who had a "conscientious objection to bearing arms" did not have to partake in the military.

  • Woodrow Wilson's Speech

    Woodrow Wilson stood before congress on this day to issue a decleration of war against Germany. He stated that the world must be safe for democracy, and framed the war effort as a crusade to secure the rights of democracy. African Americans did not fully agree with Wilson, and used his speech to frame the war as a struggle for African American civil rights.

  • Selective Service Act

    It was about six weeks after the start of World War I when the Congress passes this Act, allowing the United States President the power to draft soldiers.

  • Espionage Act

    This Act provided penalties of twenty years of imprisonment and up to ten thousand dollars worth of fines for anyone who was convicted of interfering with military recruitment.

  • Wilson's support for suffrage

    Finally, Woodrow Wilson supports women's suffrage! The next day, the House of Representatives passed the Susan B. Anthony Amendment which gives suffrage to all women citizens.

  • The U.S. Sedition Act

    An Act of the United States Congress. This Act went together with the Espionage Act of 1917 in order to clarify on a broader idea of offenses such as speech, expressing opinion of the government, etc. This is also known as the United State's "most extreme antispeech legislation".

  • Doughboys (AEF)

    The AEF stands for The American Expeditionary Forces, which were the United States' Armed Forces sent to Europe during WWI. During the U.S. campaigns, the AEF fought in France along wth teh British and French allied forces in the last year of the war, also against Imperial Geman forces. The nickname doughboys was for thr the AEF.

  • Alvin York

    It was this day that York, born December 13th, 1887, killed over twenty German soldiers, and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest near teh Meuse River in France; one of the many reasons York was known a heroe, and the exploits later earned York the Congressional Medal of Honor.