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Kaiser declares "open season" on ships
Germany uses "U boats" to sink all ships -
Lusitania sank
A German u-boat sank the British boat, Lusitania, holding 120 Americans. -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
A teenage Serbian Nationalist guns down Archduke Franz and his wife in their motorcar. -
Great War begins
World War 1 begins.. sparked by the assination of Franz. -
Battle of Somme
Largest battle of World War 1 -
Wilson re-elected
Wilson won against Charles Evans Hughes in the 1916 election -
Zimmerman Note intercepted
A note sent from Germany to Mexico trying to get them to Ally with Germany. Incepted by the US, causing an outrage in the American people. -
US Declares war on Germany
The US declared war on Germany because of their use of unrestricted submarines warfare and becauase of the Zimmerman Note -
Selective Service Act
An act authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
Convey System
Ships would sail together for protection and security -
Espionage Act passed
This act made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country’s enemies -
Russia pulls out of the war
Bolsheviks overthrew the government and they withdrew from the war. -
The Fourteen Points Speech
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I -
Sedition Act passed
extended the espionage act by nobility speech and expression of opinion -
Germany signs armistice
the agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front.
