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Reforms and Wars
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First great wave of imagration
there was a total of over ten million immagrants arriving in that 60 year time span -
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most immagrants in a decade
There was a total of 8,795,386.which was 80% of the sixty year wave of immagrents in 1820-1860 -
Francis Ferdinand assassinated
Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarevejo. Gavrilo was the one who killed Ferdinand -
Austria declared war on Serbia
Austria declared war on Serbia for assasinating thier king. -
sinking of the RMS Lusitania
The RMS Lusitania was a British ship flying a British flag. The Germans had said much earlier that any ships flying a British flag were fair game. There were only 128 Americans on-board out of about 1600. The ship was sunk in 1915. -
Italy joined the war
Italy entered the war on the side of the Allies. -
First Aeroplane raid
The first German air raid on London took place. The Germans hoped that by making raids on London and the South East, the British Air Force would be forced into protecting the home front rather than attacking the German air force. -
The Zimmermann Telegram
In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. -
Amerca joined World War one
America declared war on april 6th 1917. -
Armistice signed
At 11 am, in the French town of Redonthes, the Armistice was signed bringing the war to an end.
