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Assassination of Archduke Frabz Ferdinand
On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip, one ofa group of six assassins. -
WW1 begins & US reaction
The immediate cause of the World War 1 was the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. Also, the alliances,imperialism, militarism, nationalism led us to WW1. As the World War ! begins in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson formally states the neutrality of the United States, a position that a vast majority of Americans favored, on August 4, 1914. On April 2, President Wilson appeared before Congress and called for a declaration of wat against Germany. -
Resumption of unrestricted submarine
Unrestricted submarine warfare was first introduced in World War 1 in early 1915, when Germany declared the Area around the British lisles war zone. In which all merchant ships,including those from neutral countries would be attacked by German. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania ferried people and goods across the Atlantic, between the United States and Great Britain, was torpedoed by German boat and sunk of the 1,959 people on board including 128 americans. The sinking of the Lusitania enraged Americans and hastened USA entrance to World War 1 -
Pancho Villa raids Mexico
Villa kidnapped 18 Americans from Mexican train on Janaury 1916, few weeks later Villa led army about 1,500 guerillas across the border to stage a brutal raid against a small American town which was Colombus, New Mexico. Villa and his army killed 19 people and left the town in flames. -
Sussex pledge
The Sussex Pledge was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war. Early in 1916, Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare -
"He kept us from the war"
Wilson's campaign used the popular slogan 'He kept us from the war" to appeal to those voters who wanted to avoid in Europe or with Europe or with Mexico. The progressic Houghes criticized Wilson for not taking the 'necessary preparations' to face a conflict, which smade a strong view Wilson's image as antiwar. -
Zimmermann Note
Zimmermann Note was also known as Zimmernann telegraph on 1917. Zimmernmann note was a diplomatic proposal from Government Empire to Mexico to join the Central Powers. -
Russian Revolution
A collective term for a senses of Revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Russian SFSR.
