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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
He was heir to the Austria-Hungary's throne. He and His wife were assassinated. -
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WW1
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Germany Declares War on Russia and France
Germany declared war on France. German troops poured into Belgium as directed under the Schleiffen Plan -
Sinking of the Lusitania
There outraged protests from the United States at the German U-boat campaign, when the Lusitania, which had many American passengers aboard, was sank. -
Woodrow Wilson re-elected president
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Zimmerman Note
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 -
The U.S. Declares War
The United States of America declared war on Germany in response to the sinking, by German U boats, of US ships. -
The Selective Service Act becomes law
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Congress Passes the Sedition Act
On May 16, 1918, the United States Congress passes the Sedition Act, a piece of legislation designed to protect America's participation in World War I
