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Election of President Woodrow Wilson
Showed the split of the republican parties and he was able to win for the Democratic party. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferninand
The assassination led to the war between Austria-Hungary against Serbia and Europe which will eventually lead to World War 1. -
America Proclaims Neutrality
Woodrow Wilson chose to stay neutral, aiming to serve more as a "peacemaker" rather than join the destructive conflict. -
Battle of the Marne
The Battle of Marne marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare. -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
The Sinking of the Lusitania caused international outrage and helped turn public opinions against Germany especially the United States. -
Battle of Verdun
One of the longest, bloodiest, and most ferocious battles of the war. About 400,000 casualties for the French and 350,000 for the German. -
Sussex Incident
German submarine torpedoing of the French cross-Channel passenger steamer. Led to 80 casualties including 2 Americans. -
Battle of the Somme
The British tactics severely improved throughout the battle, causing a more professional and effective army to emerge from it. -
Re-Election of President Woodrow Wilson
He become first Democratic president since Andrew Jackson to be elected two consecutive terms. Americans wanted to continue to stay neutral so they voted to keep him in office. -
Interception of Zimmermann Telegram
British signals intelligence intercepted and decrypted a coded German telegram from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann that was intended for Germany's ambassador to Mexico. -
Declaration of New Unrestricted Submarine Warfare by Germany
He believed that resuming submarine warfare would draw the United States into the war on behalf of the Allies. This would lead to the defeat of Germany. The German Government decided to resume unrestricted submarine attacks on all Allied reckoning that German submarines would end the war before the first American troopship arrived in Europe. the German came with a note declaring Germany's intention to restart unrestricted submarine warfare the following day. -
United States Enters World War 1
The American Expeditionary Forces arrived in Europe in 1917 and helped turn the tide in favor of Britain and France, leading to an Allied victory over Germany and Austria in November 1918. -
Selective Service Acts
Authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription. The act eventually required all men between the ages of 21 to 45 to register for military service. -
Espionage Act
The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation. -
Landing of the American Expeditionary Force in Frace
The arrival of the American troops acted as a much-needed morale boost for the war-weary Allied soldiers. -
Beginning of the Spanish Flu Epidemic
The influenza pandemic had an enormous impact on World War I. Not only did the war spread it more rapidly throughout the globe, the flu also added to the existing military strain by suddenly taking thousands of men out of action - for weeks at a time if they survived. -
Fourteen Points by President Wilson
They prescribed a program of transparency in international relations, free trade, freedom of the seas, reductions in armaments, national self-determination, and adjustment of colonial claims that gave equal weight to the peoples of the colonized countries. -
Russia Pulls Out of World War 1
Lenin believed that Russia must end its participation in the war so that the nation could focus on building a communist state -
Passing of the Sedition Act
The Act made it a crime to convey information intended to interfere with the war effort. Later, the Sedition Act imposed harsh penalties for a wide range of dissenting speech, including speech abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution, and the military. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
It was one of the attacks that brought an end to the War. Western front's Battle of Argonne Forest contributed to the Allied victory by pushing back Germans and forcing them to capitulate. This victory ended the war and prompted a peace conference in 1919. -
Armistice Day Ends World War 1
The armistice was signed between the Axis and Allies ending the First World War. The armistice was the culmination of a coordinated Allied offensive extending across the western front, a distance of more than 400 miles. -
Paris Peace Conference & Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles subjected Germany to strict punitive measures. The Treaty required the new German Government to surrender approximately 10 percent of its prewar territory in Europe and all of its overseas possessions.