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A teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie. Next in line for the Austro-Hungarian throne, his death quickly set off a chain reaction of events culminating in the outbreak of World War I.
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German boats shoot down the Lusitania, sinking the ship and killing many American and British passengers on it. This is one of the major events that started the war.
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In a public appeal, Wilson announced that the United States "must be neutral in fact as well as in name" and "impartial in thought as well as in action.
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This was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. The United States intercepted the letter.
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America declares war on Germany
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U.S. enters Europe on April 6th, 1917 to help fight.
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Wilson created the Committee on Public Information to promote the war domestically while publicizing American war aims abroad.
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This act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
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This act made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces to help the country’s enemies.
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The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
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Taking place near the Marne River in the Champagne region of France, the Germans begin what would be their final offensive push of World War I.
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On this day in Paris, France, some of the most powerful people in the world meet to begin the long, complicated negotiations that would officially mark the end of the First World War.
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The Treaty of Versailles was the formal peace treaty that ended World War I between the Allies and Germany. It included a provision, created by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, for the creation of an international body called the League of Nations. Congress rejected this treaty especially because of the League of Nations, they rejected it because they felt like we were giving up too much power.
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The armistice was signed at 18:36 near Compiègne, France, by officials of Nazi Germany and the French Third Republic.