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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, And his wife go to visit Sarajevo in Bosnia. Someone throws a bomb at there auto but nearly misses but later on they got shot and killed a short time later by a lone assassin. People have believed that the assassin was a Serbian nationalist. All the austrians target toward siberia. -
Britain crats defense.
Britain was granting unprecedented powers from the government, they wanted to control the economy and daily lives -
german submarine
on may 7, 1915, a German submarine, u-20, sank the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania during world war I. this tragic event resulted in the loss of 1.198 lives, including many Americans. the sinking played a significant role in turning public opinion against Germany and influenced the united states' decision eventually enter the war. -
presidential elections.
on november 7, 1916 there was a presidential election between the president Woodrow Wilson and supreme court justice Charles Evan Hughes. Wilson won re-election, largely because he kept the U.S. put of world war I during his first term. it was a supe close race, but wilsons campaign slogan "he kept us our of war." really resonated with voters. -
British naval intelligence intercepted a telegram
the british intercepted the Zimmermann telegram. this was a secret communication from germany to mexico, proposing a military alliance against the united states in the u.s. entered world war I. the british naval intelligance decoded the message and shared it with the u.s. which helped sway american public opinion in favor of joining the war -
the United States declared war on Germany and entered World War I
the united states offically entered world war I. congress declared war on germany after repeated german submarine attacks on american ships and the revelation of the Zimmmermann telegram. this marked a significant turning point in the war, as american troops and recources bolstered the allied forces -
first American Expeditionary Force arrived at France
Battle of Mount Ortigara – Shock troops with the Austro-Hungarian Army pushed 11 Italian divisions off the Mount Ortigara summit, regaining their important defensive position in Asiago, Italy. Italy suffered 23,000 casualties while Austria-Hungary sustained only 9,000 casualties. -
sedition act of 1918
the sdition act of 1918 was passed in the U.S. it was an extension of the espionage act of 1917 and basically made it a crime to speak out against the gov. or the war effect during world war I -
the Allied powers and Germany signed the Armistice, an agreement to end World War I and cease fighting
world war I ended with the signing of the armistice. its known as armistice day and later became veterans day in the u.s. pretty historic moment. -
the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, officially ending World War I
The Treaty of Versailles was the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I. It was signed on June 28, 1919, by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles and went into effect on January 10, 1920.