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Assasination of Ferdinand
Archduke Ferdinand was shot twice in the head on a sunny June morning in 1914. 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip was the assasin. He was on his way to city hall. -
Lusitania
Lusitania was a British tank that sunk during the war, enraging many people and hastening America's entrance into the war. It was a foggy night, making is difficult to steer the ship. 128 civilians died. -
Election of 1916
This election took place during WWI. It was between Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes. Woodrow Wilson was the winner. -
Zimmerman Note
Also know as the Zimmerman Telegraph. It was a 1917 letter from the Germany to Mexico to make a 2 front war against the United States. But it was intercepted by the British and gave to U.S. -
Sedition & Espionage Acts
The Espionage Act is a United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years. Originally, the act prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations. -
Selective Service Act
The Selective Service Act was passed by the Congress of the United States.The Act was drafted by Hugh Johnson after the United States declared war on Germany. It authorized the federal government to have a national army with hundreds of thousands of soldiers . The Act was canceled with the end of the war on November, 1918 -
War Industries Board
The War Industries Board was a United States government agency that was formed to coordinate the purchase of war supplies. The organization pushed companies to use mass-production techniques to iincrease sufficeincy and produce more war supplies quickly. The board allocated raw materials. It also conducted psychological testing to aid people in finding the right job for them. -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution led to the forming of the Soviet Union. This caused many problems for America. The revolution helped Russia to enter the industrial age. -
Fourteen Points
Fourteen Points was a speech given by Woodrow Wilson. The war had been going on for four years, and the speech was to end the war and make peace. Woodrow hoped that the fourteen points he talked about in his speech would persuade people to invision a better post-war world. -
Armistice
As French, British and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers started to fall apart. Turkey signed an armistice in October, Austria-Hungary did the same on November 3. An armistice is an agreement to end the war. -
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris. The three most important politicians to sign the treaty were David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson. -
Schenck v. United States
The Court's unanimous decision, the Court upheld Schenck's conviction, declaring the Espionage Act a reasonable and acceptable limitation on speech in time of war. The Court ruled that reasonable limits may be imposed on the 1st Amendment's guarantee of free speech. Nobody may use free speech to put others in danger. “Protected political speech” was gone in time of war.
