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Francis was shot during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo by a Bosnian Serb nationalist.
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WWI broke across Europe, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the US will remain "impartial in thought as well as in action."
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This ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat and sank.
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The US broke diplomatic relations with Germany, and just hours after that the American liner Housatonic was sunk by a German U-boat.
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A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German foreign secretary, to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between the US and Germany.
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Gave penalties of 20 years imprisonment and fines up to $10,000 for those interfering with military recruitment
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This was an independent agency of the government of the US created to influence public opinion to support US participation in WWI
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President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. Congress granted the request then the US formally was at war with Germany.
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Authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in WWI through conscription. This act was canceled with the end of the war.
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Woodrow Wilson addressed to congress a 14 point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war.
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This was the turning point of WWI. It started with the last German offensive of the conflict and ended by the first allied offensive victory.
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Germany was in a strong position and expected to win the war. Germany realised it was no longer possible to win the war. Germany signed the armistice.
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It was said that the Treaty of Versailles was very lenient compared to the peace terms that Germany had in mind to impose on the Allies.
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A meeting of the Allied Powers following the end of WWI to set peace terms for the defeated Central Powers.
