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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
A serb patriot killed the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. -
WW1 begins and US reaction-
Due to the recent death of Woodrow Wilsons wife, he sorrowfully issued the routine neutrality proclamation and called on Americans to be neutral in thought as well as deed. -
Sinking of the Lusitania-
A British passanger liner Lusitania was torpedoed and sank off the coast of Ireland. Killing 1,198 lives, including 128 Americans. -
Arabic Pledge
Berlin reluctantly agreed not to sink unarmed and unresisting passanger ships without a warning. Atfer they had sinked another British liner named Arabic. Killing two more Americans. -
Pancho Villa raids New Mexico
Pancho Villa and some of his followers crosed the border into Columbus, New Mexico and killed 19 Americans. Trying to provoke a war between Wilson and Carranza. -
Sussex Pledge-
Wilson told the Germans after they broke the Arabic Pledge that if they did'nt stop the inhuman practice of sinking merchant ships without warning, he would break diplomatic relations, and probably enter the war. -
"He Kept Us Out of War"
Woodrow Wilsons re-election campaing which was build on the slogan."He Kept Us Out of War". Keeping peace during his presidency. -
Resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare-
German's warlords announced that they would wage unrestricted submarine warfare, sinking all ships including American ships in the war zone. -
Zimmermann Note-
German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann had secretly proposed a German-Mexican alliance, making promises of Mexico recovering Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona -
Russian Revolution
Russians overthrew the Tsar. The allied powers fought the communist central power and the US entered the war as a Democratic country.
