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The Election of President Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was elected president in 1912 after serving only two years as governor of New Jersey. President of Princeton University from 1902 until his election as New Jersey governor, Wilson succeeded in his campaigns for both governor and president with significant aid from practical political organizers. -
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: The Outbreak of WWI
Two shots in Sarajevo ignited the fires of war and drew Europe toward World War I. Just hours after narrowly escaping an assassin’s bomb, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, are killed by Gavrilo Princip. A month later, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and Europe rapidly descends into chaos. That led to the outbreak -
America Proclaims Neutrality in World War I
When WWI began in Europe in 1914, many Americans wanted the United States to stay out of the conflict, supporting President Woodrow Wilson's policy of strict and impartial neutrality. “The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name during these days that are to try men's souls. They did not want to get invovle. -
The Battle of the Marne
he German army invaded France with a plan for winning the war in 40 days by occupying Paris and destroying the French and British armies. The Germans had initial successes in August. -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. the ship was carrying munitions through a war zone and left unprotected by the Royal Navy. -
The Battle of the Verdun
he Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse.An estimated 70 percent were caused by artillery. -
The Sussex Incident
torpedoing of a French cross-Channel passenger steamer, the Sussex, by a German submarine, leaving 80 casualties, including two Americans wounded.The attack prompted a U.S. threat to sever diplomatic relations. -
The Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper reaches of the river Somme in France.A more professional and effective army emerged from the battle. -
Re election of Woodrow Wilson
In the speech, Wilson directly addressed what he perceived as the causes for the world war by calling for the abolition of secret treaties, a reduction in armaments, an adjustment in colonial claims in the interests of both native peoples and colonists, and freedom of the seas. He wanted a better government. -
The Interception of the Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann telegram clearly had helped draw the United States into the war and thus changed the course of the war. The importance was because the tipping point persuading the U.S. to join the war.The British finally forwarded the intercepted telegram to President Wilson on February 24. -
The Declaration of New Unrestricted Submarine Warfare by Germany
Britain's blockade across the North Sea and the English Channel cut the flow of war supplies, food, and fuel to Germany during World War I. Germany retaliated by using its submarines to destroy neutral ships that were supplying the Allies.lead the United States into World War I. -
The United States Enters World War I
The entry of the United States was the turning point of the war, because it made the eventual defeat of Germany possible.the United States remained neutral until 1917 and then entered the war on the side of the Allied powers (the United Kingdom, France, and Russia).a larger role in world affairs. -
The Selective Service Act
authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription.To register virtually all men residing in the United States.Ensures a fair and equitable draft, if ever required. -
The Espionage Act
The Espionage Act of 1917 is a U.S. federal law enacted on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entered World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years.The Act also outlawed false statements intended to interfere with military operations attempts to incite insubordination or obstruct the recruitment of troops and false statements promoting the success of America's enemies. made it a crime for any person to share info intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces -
The Landing of the American Expeditionary Force in France
The AEF made significant contributions to the success of the Allied forces in Europe during World War I, Manpower to the efforts of the Allies, especially in France.
The entry of the AEF into the war boosted the morale of the hard-pressed Allies, and convinced many German leaders that military victory was no longer possible after the failed Spring Offensives of 1918.helped the French Army on the Western Front during the Aisne Offensive and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. -
The Beginning of the Spanish Flu Epidemic
The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. Deadly to people and many people died. It caused a big impact on people and children. -
The Fourteen Points by President Wilson
the basis for peace negotiations at the end of World War I.
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (video) | Khan Academy
President Wilson's "Fourteen Points" speech in 1918 set a new vision for global peace during World War I. He proposed open diplomacy, free trade, disarmament, and self-determination of nations. His ideas influenced the Treaty of Versailles and inspired the formation of the League of Nations. In hopes of making it a better place for people by making these points -
Russia Pulls Out of World War I
paved the way for the Bolshevik Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union.There was an socialist revolution was taking place in the country and it was going under a turmoil with internal revolution.After the Russian Revolution, of Vladimir Lenin signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany -
The Passing of the Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. The act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech.The Act made it a crime to convey information intended to interfere with the war effort. -
The Battle of Argonne Forest
It was one of the attacks that brought an end to the War.
Blood, Mud, Concrete, and Barbed Wire: The Meuse-Argonne The Meuse-Argonne Offensive in September 1918 was part of a large Allied effort to attack the Germans along the entire front to force them out of France and back into Germany. The plan sought to take advantage of the arrival of the American Expeditionary Force under General Pershing. That would soon put an end to it. -
Armistice Day Ends World War I
On Nov. 11, 1918, after more than four years of horrific fighting and the loss of millions of lives, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. Although fighting continued elsewhere, the armistice between Germany and the Allies was the first step to ending World War I. They did not have to fight anymore no more lives were lost and many people did not have to risk there lives. -
The Paris Peace Conference & Treaty of Versailles
international meeting convened in January 1919 at Versailles just outside Paris.The Treaty of Versailles articulated the compromises reached at the conference. It included the planned formation of the League of Nations, which would serve both as an international forum and an international collective security arrangement.