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Assassination of Franz Ferdniand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot because serbia wanted Austria-Hongry to stay out of their country. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
It was sunk because the German practiced submarine warfare and attacked them because of the United Kingdom implemented a naval blockade of Germany. -
National Defense Act
A federal law that updated the Militia Act of 1903 which related to the organization of the military particularly in the National Guard. -
Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany renewed unrestricted submarine warfare because the United Stated joined the Allies and fought against the Germans -
U.S.S. Housatonic sinking
"You are carrying foodstuff to an enemy of my country and though I am sorry, it is my duty to sink you." -
U.S. braking diplomacy with Germany
The United States broke the diplomacy with Germany because of the submarine warfare the German practiced. As well as the provocation of the Germans attacking ships and for the feeling sympathy for English naval soldier who got killed by the Germans. -
U.S declares War
The US Congress voted to declare war on Germany even though five voted against it -
Selective Service Act
The U.S. federal laws that instituted conscription or compulsory military service -
FIrst Liberty Loan
A war bond that was sold to support allied cause in the World War I -
War Industries Board
It coordinates the production of war materials. It encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques. -
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act
It created the United States Food Administration and the Federal Food Administration -
War Revenue Act
It greatly increased federal income tax rates while simultaneously lowering exemptions. -
Second Liberty Loan
The United States used propaganda to sell bonds by showing them emotional drawings and pictures. -
Railroads are naturalized
Nationalization is the process of transforming private assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. -
Maximum prices for steel
The steel's cost per hundred pounds was 2.98 Dollars. -
Third Liberty Loan
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Germany's begin massive offensive on the western front
The Germans had realised that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the Allies before the overwhelming human and matériel resources of the United States could be fully deployed. -
First independent action by the American Expeditionary Force
John J. Pershing commanded the First independent action by the American Expeditionary Force. -
Battle of Belleau wood
Considered one of the most important battles in U.S. Marine Corps history, the story of Belleau Wood continues to have a significant impact on military culture today. The allies gained the victory over the Germans. -
The Second Battle of the Marne
The Second Battle of the Marne was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during the First World War.
A doughboy was an informal term for a member of the United States Army or Marine Corps, especially used to refer to members of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War.
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The Battle of Meuse-Argonne
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. The Allies gained the victory over the Germans. -
Fourth Liberty Loan
The United States raised 1.34 Billion Dollars through Bonds. -
Armistice
he Fourteen Points speech of President Woodrow Wilson was an address delivered before a joint meeting of Congress on January 8, 1918, during which Wilson outlined his vision for a stable, long-lasting peace in Europe, the Americas and the rest of the world following World War I. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wilson-delivers-fourteen-points-speech)
