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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Youtube videoOn 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in an attempt of making peace, they were shot dead in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six Bosnian Serb assassins coordinated by Danilo Ilić. -
WWI begins & US reaction
The united states felt that they should remain a neutrual force in this war . Woodrow Wilson was hoping to create neutrality between all the worlds nations. -
Resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
The lethal threat of the German U-boat submarine raises its head again, as Germany returns to the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare it had previously suspended in response to pressure from the United States and other neutral countries. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Youtube video AKA: Sinking of the RMS Lusitania On May 1, 1915, it left port to make her 202nd trip across the Atlantic. All ships that headed to Great Britain were instructed to be on the lookout for U-boats and take precautionary measures such as travel at full speed and make zigzag movements. Unfortunately, on May 7, 1915, Captain William T. Turner slowed the Lusitania down because of fog and traveled in a predictable line. The German U-boat, fired a torpedo. The ship sunk within 18 minutes, 1,198 died. -
Arabic Pledge
Germany continued unrestricted submarine warfare until after the Arabic incident. On August 19, 1915, the British passenger liner Arabic was torpedoed by a German U-boat. Approximately 40 passengers and crew were lost, including two Americans. September 18, 1915, what became known as the "Arabic pledge," which stated that Germany would warn non-military ships 30 minutes before they sank them to make sure the passengers and crew got out safely. -
Pancho Villa raids Mexico
Pancho Villa men captured 16 yound men off a train that was travelling through Northen Mexico & killed them. A month later, Villa crossed the borderinto Columbus, New Mexico & murdered another 19 men. He was hopping that this would cause a war between Wilson & Caranza. -
Sussex Pledge
Sussex Pledge Youtube VideoThe Sussex pledge was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States. Early in 1916, Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships – but not passenger ships – to be torpedoed without warning. Despite this avowed restriction, a French cross-channel passenger ferry, the Sussex, was torpedoed without warning on March 24, 1916; the ship was severely damaged and about 50 lives were lost. -
"He kept us out of war"
Youtube video (no audio)Wilsons re-election campaign was built around the slogan " He kept us out of war". Democrats warned the people that by electing Charles Evan Hughes they, the nation, would be in risk of entering a war. But Woodrow Wilson would "keep them out of war" -
Zimmermann Note
Zimmermann LinkDiplomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war against The United States. The proposal was intercepted and decoded by British intelligence. Revelation of the contents outraged American public opinion and helped generate support for the United States declaration of war on Germany in April. -
Russian Revolution
Helped end the war because if russia had not had the revolution then germany would of focused all of its power on france which would not have led to an end to the war because there would still be soldiers on the eastern front .
