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before the war, a great scramble for the colonies took place. by 1910, the most wanted colonies were all taken. there were many fights for the remaining colonies among the powers of europe.
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the great powers of europe -- austria, hungary, france, germany, great britain, and russia -- all spent large sums of money on new weapons and warships for expanding their armed forces.
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a german u boat fired and sunk the lusitania which was a british boat. they fired at it because they thought the boat had allies. 1,200 people died.
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germany promised the u.s. that they would warn passenger ships before firing on them. it is called the sussex pledge because germany sank a french ship named the sussex
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the president had the power to manage the production food and fuel that seemed vital to the war effort.
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this event contributed a lot to the start of the war. arthur zimmermann, germany's foreign secretary, secretly made an offer to mexico for southwest u.s. land if they declared war on them
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authorized a draft for young men to enter the war.
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the first american soldiers to be sent to europe were apart of the american expeditionary force. they were sent to europe to fight in the front lines.
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czar nicholas II was forced to give up his throne as the ruler of russia and it was changed into a gov system.
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daylight savings time was created to add more hours of daylight by turning the clock ahead by an hour.
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this act forbade any and all sedition towards the gov. and the liberty bonds
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this is a cease-fire that was signed by a civilian representative of the new German Republic. 6 hours later the gunshots were stopped.
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president woodrow wilson attended the paris peace conference to make compromises with other places.
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this was an international organization established after the war
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Czechoslovakia, Poland, The Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Albania, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Ukraine were all created after the war
