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President Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson , a leader of the Progressive Movement , was the 28th president of the United States (1913-1921). After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of World War 1 , Wilson led America into war in order to make the world safe for democracy. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria , was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War 1. -
American Neutrality
Between 1935 and 1937 Congress passed three ´Neutrality Acts´ that tried to keep the united states out of war , by making it illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms , or other war materials to belligerent nations. -
The Battle of the Marne
In saving from capture by pushing the Germans back some 45 miles , the First Battle of the Marne was a great strategic victory, as it enabled the french to continue the war .However , the Germans succeeds in capturing in a large part of the industrial north east of France. -
The Declaration of Unrestricted submarine Warfare by Germany
Unrestricted submarine warfare was the first introduced in World War 1 in early 1915, when Germany declared the area around the British isles a war zone , in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries , would be attacked bu the German navy. -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The disaster set off a chain of events that led to U.S entering World War 1 . A German U-boat torpedoed the British- owned steamship Lusitania , killing 1195 people including 128 Americans on May 7th 1915 . It set off a chain of events that led to the entering of World War 1. -
The Battle of the Verdun
Battle of Verdun, World War 1 engagement in which the French repulsed a major German offensive. It was one of the longest,bloodiest , most-ferocious battles of the war. -
The Sussex Incident
Sussex Incident , torpedoing of a french cross- channel passenger steamer , the Sussex, by a German submarine , leaving 80 causalities , including two Americans wounded . -
The Battle of the Somme
Allied offensive in World War I. British and French forces launched a frontal attack against an entrenched German army north of the Somme River in France. A weeklong artillery bombardment was followed by a British infantry assault on the still-impregnable German positions. -
The Re-Election of President Woodrow Wilson
Wilson's campaign used the popular slogans "He kept us out of war." and "America First" to appeal to those voters who wanted to avoid a war in Europe or with Mexico. -
The Interception of the Zimmermann Telegram
In the telegram, intercepted and deciphered by British intelligence in January 1917, Zimmermann instructed the ambassador, Count Johann von Bernstorff, to offer significant financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any future U.S-German conflict as a German ally. -
The United States Enters World War 1
On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. -
The Selective Service Act
To that end, Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which Wilson signed into law on May 18, 1917. The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. Within a few months, some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft. -
The Fourteen Points by President Wilson
The Fourteen Points speech of President Woodrow Wilson was an address delivered before a joint meeting of Congress on January 8, 1918, during which Wilson outlined his vision for a stable, long-lasting peace in Europe, the Americas and the rest of the world following World War I. -
Russia Pulls Out of World War 1
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (also known as the Treaty of Brest in Russia) was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
The Beginning of the Spanish Flu Epidemic
What caused the Spanish flu? The Spanish flu was a type A form of influenza virus that started in a bird host (bird flu), as discovered during later research. At some point, it was transmitted to mammals. Influenza types A and B are responsible for seasonal epidemics of flu (outbreaks in communities). -
The Passing of the Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. Passed on May 16, 1918, as an amendment to Title I of the Espionage Act of 1917, the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech. -
The Passing of the Espionage Act
Congress enacted the Espionage Act of 1917 on June 15, two months after the United States entered World War I. Just after the war, prosecutions under the act led to landmark First Amendment precedents. -
The Landing of the American Expeditionary Force in France
The first American Expeditionary Forces' (AEF) contingent landed in France in late June 1917 at Saint-Nazaire. The war would soon enter its fourth year with no end in sight. Every French family had been touched by the injury and loss of loved ones, and the austerities of war. -
The Battle of Argonne Forest
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the largest operations of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I, with over a million American soldiers participating. It was also the deadliest campaign in American history, resulting in over 26,000 soldiers being killed in action (KIA) and over 120,000 total casualties. -
Armistice Day Ends World War 1
Armistice on the Western Front. 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. -
The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
The Paris Peace Conference was an international meeting convened in January 1919 at Versailles just outside Paris. The purpose of the meeting was to establish the terms of the peace after World War.