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Woodrow wilson elected president
Once Woodrow Wilson was elected as president he led America through World War I. And put forward the "New Freedom" platform called for tariff reform, banking reform, and a new antitrust law. -
Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were shot by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The assassination set off a rapid chain of events, as Austria-Hungary immediately blamed the Serbian government for the attack. -
The sinking of the Lusitania
Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare, warning that any and all ships could be sunk. even though The Lusitania was a passenger ship and not a military transport. When the Germans sunk the Lusitania American civilians were killed in the "unprovoked" attack. as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany -
National park Service
President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service, a new federal bureau in the Department of the Interior responsible for protecting the 35 national parks and monuments then managed by the department and those yet to be established. -
Zimmerman telegram intercepted
Zimmermann instructed the ambassador, Count Johann von Bernstorff, to offer significant financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any future U.S-German conflict as a German ally. an act the German government expected would likely lead to war with the U.S. Zimmermann hoped tensions with Mexico would slow shipments of supplies, munitions, and troops -
US officially entered WWI
Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilson's decision to lead the United States into World War I. -
German unrestricted submarine warfare resumes
Bethmann Hollweg went to the German Reichstag government and made an announcement that unrestricted submarine warfare would resume the next day, February 1: "The destructive designs of our opponents cannot be expressed more strongly. We have been challenged to fight to the end. -
Espionage act of 1917
Enacted soon after the United States entered World War I in 1917, the Espionage Act prohibited individuals from expressing or publishing opinions that would interfere with the U.S. military's efforts to defeat Germany and its allies. -
Bolshevik Revolution is complete
leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the Duma's provisional government. -
Wilson’s 14 points presented
he Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. President Woodrow Wilson declaring that WW1 was being fought for a moral cause and calling for peace in Europe. -
Sedition Act
enacted during World War I, made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States" -
End of WWI
Germany had formally surrendered, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated -
18th Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment declared the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal, though it did not outlaw the actual consumption of alcohol. -
19th amendment passed
the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of agitation and protest. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty, it ending up bringing World War 1 to an end. The purpose of the Treaty was to end World War I in such a way that France, Britain, the Dominions, and the US would be satisfied. -
Pancho Villa
Francisco "Pancho" Villa was a Mexican revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution. He helped lead the Mexican Revolution, which ended the reign of Porfirio Díaz and led to the creation of a new government in Mexico.
