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Kaiser Wilhelm proclaimed the North Sea a war zone where all merchant ships including those who are from neutral countries could be sunk without warning
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Cabrinovic’s cohorts, 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip shot into Ferdinand's car shooting him and Sophie
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Sparked by Franz Ferdinand's assassination, chain of events led to WWI
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Identified and torpedoed by German U-Boat, sank in 18 minutes
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Allies attempted to break through the German's lines on Western Front. More than 1 million casualties occured after the several months of battle lasted.
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Democratic President Woodrow Wilson defeated Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate.
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Germany advises Mexico to declare War on Germany
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Nazi Germany declared war against the United States, in response to what was claimed to be a series of provocations by the United States government
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Authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
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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
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 ended Russia's participation in the war.
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a statement given to Congress on January 8, 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson declaring that WW1 was being fought for a moral cause and calling for peace in Europe
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the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet's population
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an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses
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a group of merchant vessels sailing together, with or without naval escort, for mutual security and protection, has a much longer history than sometimes suggested
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an agreement to stop fighting - was signed between France, Britain, and Germany on 11th November 1918, bringing four years of fighting in the First World War to an end