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President Woodrow Wilson
At the Democratic Convention, Wilson won the presidential nomination on the 46th ballot -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 -
American Neutrality
As World War I erupts in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson formally proclaims the neutrality of the United States, a position that a vast majority of Americans favored, on August 4, 1914. -
The Battle of the Marne
the Germans succeeded in capturing a large part of the industrial north east of France -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
set off a chain of events that led to the U.S. entering World War I -
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 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 French Third Republic against the German Empire. It -
The Re-Election of President Woodrow Wilson
Wilson took advantage of the Republican split, winning 40 states and a large majority of the electoral vote with just 41.8% of the popular vote, the lowest support for any President after 1860. -
The Battle of the Verdun
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. -
The Interception of the Zimmermann Telegram
intercepted and deciphered by British intelligence in January 1917, Zimmermann instructed the ambassador, Count Johann von Bernstorff, -
The Declaration of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare by Germany
first introduced in World War I in early 1915 -
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 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
The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription -
The Passing of the Espionage Act
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
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 -
Beginning of the Spanish Flu Epidemic
the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world's population became infected with this virus -
Russia Pulls Out of World War I
Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I. -
The Passing of the Sedition Act
as an amendment to Title I of the Espionage Act of 1917, the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech. -
The Fourteen Points by President Wilson
speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson -
Armistice Day Ends World War I
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 Battle of Argonne Forest
The Meuse–Argonne offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until -
The Paris Peace Conference & Treaty of Versailles
The Paris Peace Conference was an international meeting convened in