us history timeline

By dixo1087

  • assasination of archduke francis ferdinand

    assasination of archduke francis ferdinand
    the assassination of archduke francis ferdinand is one of the main causes for ww1.

  • wilson urges neutrality

    wilson urges neutrality
    president wilson urges neutrality because he did not want to be on either side of the war.

  • sinking of the lusitania

    sinking of the lusitania
    A German U-Boat used torpedoes to sink a luxury ship owned by the british which was named the lusitania

  • consumer price index (CPI)

    consumer price index (CPI)
    created during times of high inflation rates during world war 1 to help regulate the ratio of prices on items to the pay people get

  • american troops enter europe

    american troops enter europe
    This is the very beginning of the war and we don't have many troops out yet.

  • zimmerman note

    zimmerman note
    the zimmerman note was known as known as the zimmerman telegram, zimmerman cable or the zimmerman note. it was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the german foreign office in january 1917

  • america declares war

    america declares war
    america declared war on germany. the decision to go to war was due to the sinking of the lusitania, the zimmerman telegram and the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare by germany

  • selective service act

    selective service act
    this act authorized the federal government to temporarily expand the military

  • espionage act

    espionage act
    prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that this may be used against the united states or advantage of any other nation

  • wilsons 14 points

    wilsons 14 points
    a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for negotiations of peace in order to end WWI

  • second battle of marne

    second battle of marne
    was an attempt to draw allied troops south from flanders to facilitate an attack in that region

  • paris peace conference

    paris peace conference
    also known as the versailles peace conference was the meeting of victorious allied powers following the end of WWI

  • rejection of the treaty of versailles

    rejection of the treaty of versailles
    the senate rejected the treaty of varsailles which ended WWI

  • germans surrender in Compiegne, France

    germans surrender in Compiegne, France
    also known as the armistice of compiegne was signed at 5:45 by the french marshal foch and it came in to force at 11 am