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assination of archduke franz ferdinand
archduke ferdinand and his wife were shot. Austria declared war on serbians, since the killer was serbian, on july 28th and this led to the WWI. -
WWI begins & U.S reaction
Woodrow Wilson announced that the United States was going to stay neutral. He called upon the American people to support his policy by not taking sides. -
arabic pledge
agreement to stop sinking ships without warning only if the Germans are allowed to search the ship. -
sinking of the lusitania
British passenger liner torpedoed and sank by Germany on May 7, 1915. It ended the lives of 1,198 people, including 128 Americans, and pushed the United States closer to war. The Germans claimed that it was carrying munitions and soldiers and was armed. -
"he kept us out of war"
woodrow wilson's slogan. woodrow clearly was anti-war and got democrat nominations. -
pancho villa raids mexico
U.S. Army General John J. Pershing tried to capture Villa when he crossed the international border. Villa retired in 1920 and was given a large estate which he turned into a "military colony" with more than 500 men. villa raided Colombus, New Mexico and killed americans. -
sussex pledge
agreement that German naval forces would not attack unarmed merchant and unarmed passenger vessels. -
resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
policy that said Germany would sink any ship from any country in trying to enter the ports of the Allied Nations. -
zimmermann Note
-Telegram from Germany to Mexico propsed alliance if the U.S. entered WW1-Intercepted by the British
-Germany promised to give Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona to Mexico-U.S. declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917 -
russian revolution
removed Russia from war and transformed the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), replacing monarchy into communism in russia.
