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Ferdinand and his wife were out celebrating their wedding anniversary and while driving in an open-top car, with very little security, when a bomb was suddenly thrown into their car. The bomb however rolled out of the car and injured others. However, once the bomb rolled off the car, assassins ran up to the car and started shooting into the car and killed Ferdinand and his wife.
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As WWI escalated throughout Europe, Wilson declared that the U.S would remain “impartial in thought as well as in action.”
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During WWI, this ship went through a certain area (where the people were told not to) and they got torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank in 18 minutes.
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This was a telegram intercepted and deciphered by the British. Zimmerman instructed the ambassador to offer significant financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any future U.S-German conflict as a German ally.
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President Wilson asked Congress for declaration of war on Germany. On April 6th, Congress approved, being the start of WWI
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Wilson created the CPI to promote the war domestically and publicize American war aims.
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This act was authorized in 1917 for the U.S to raise a national army for service in WWI
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It's a U.S federal law that was passed shortly after America was allowed into war. It prohibited many forms of speech, such as "dissing" your own government.
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President Wilson made this as a statement of peace to bring an end to WWI
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This was the last major German offensive battle of WWI on the Western Front
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Millions of soldiers were sent over to France and stationed there to prepare and fight in WWI.
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This was the agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front.
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This was a meeting between allied powers to end WWI and set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers.
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The U.S Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles based primarily on objections to the League of Nations. The U.S. would never ratify the treaty or join the League of Nations.
