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Kaiser declares “open season” on ships
Germany uses u boats to sink all ships -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife and the war against austria and serbia started -
Great War begins
The trigger for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria -
Lusitania sank
Germany justified the attack by stating, correctly, that the Lusitania was an enemy ship, and that it was carrying munitions. -
Battle of the Somme
bloodiest military battles in history. On the first day alone, the British suffered more than 57,000 casualties, and by the end of the campaign the Allies and Central Powers would lose more than 1.5 million men. -
Wilson re-elected
he was re-elected cause he kept the people out of war He Kept Us Out of War” painted Wilson as a peacemaker. President Wilson would lead the United States into World War I after Germany’s aggressive and unrelenting wartime tactics left the him no choice in 1917. -
Russia pulls out of the War
The communists wanted to focus on internal rather than external problems after they seized power in the February Revolution of 1917 -
Zimmerman note intercepted
German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany. -
US declares war on Germany
declaration of war against Germany in order to "make the world safe for democracy. -
Selective Service Act
allowed the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I. -
Espionage Age passed
harsh penalties for anyone speaking or acting against the government or the military. -
Convoy system
ships protected were usually civilian merchant vessels, military supply ships and troop transports. Warships, such as destroyers, cruisers and torpedo boats, were used for convoy protection. -
Fourteen points speech
Public negotiations between nations, freedom of navigation, free trade, self-determination for several nations involved in the war, and the establishment of an association of nations to keep the peace. -
Flu Epidemic
The 1918 flu was first observed in Europe, the U.S. and parts of Asia before swiftly spreading around the world. Surprisingly, many flu victims were young, otherwise healthy adults. -
Sedition Act passed
print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States" -
Germany signs armistice
signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day
