WWI

  • Great War Begins

    Great War Begins

    Started because of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, by a member of the ¨Black Hands¨ group
  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    Him and his wife got shot by a Serbian nationalist
  • Lusitania sank

    Lusitania sank

    German submarines sank a ship called ¨Lusitania¨
  • Kaiser declares “open season” on ships

    Kaiser declares “open season” on ships

    Kaiser told his people to sink any ship they encountered
  • Battle of the Somme

    Battle of the Somme

    British and French were against Germans
  • Wilson re-elected

    Wilson re-elected

    Wilson got elected president for the second time
  • Zimmerman note intercepted

    Zimmerman note intercepted

    Note that was intercepted from germany asking alliance with mexico.
  • US declares war on Germany

    US declares war on Germany

    US declares war on germany.
  • Convoy system

    Convoy system

    Traveling in groups to protect merchant ships from attacking countries
  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act

    This required all men between the ages of 21-30 to register for military service.
  • Espionage Age passed

    Espionage Age passed

    This has been amended numerous times of the years. It originally was found in Title 50 of the U.S. Code (War) but now it can be found under Title 18, Crime.
  • Russia pulls out of the war

    Russia pulls out of the war

    They withdrew because of major military reversals they experienced in the field and because of the internal upheaval and political change that had accumulated from the Bolshevik Revolution.
  • Fourteen Points speech

    Fourteen Points speech

    Woodrow Wilson made a speech to promote world peace
  • Flu Epidemic

    Flu Epidemic

    It killed an estimated 50 million people. It attacked over one-fifth of the world's population.
  • Germany signs armistice

    Germany signs armistice

    Called for a ceasefire and the eventual end of World War 1. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
  • Sedition Act passed

    Sedition Act passed

    Put further restrictions on speech and arms within the country