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Archduke Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated. His death is the event that sparks WWI. -
Germany declares war
On August 1st 1914, Germany and Russia declare war against each other. France orders a general mobilization, and the first German army units cross into Luxembourg in preparation for the German invasion of France -
World War I Begins!
Germany invades Belgium which begins World War 1. -
US enters WWI
On April 6th 1917, the US enters World War 1. the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the decision by a vote of 373 to 50, and the United States formally enters the First World War. -
Lenin Returns
Political agitator Vladimir Lenin arrives back in Russia, following 12 years of exile in Switzerland. -
Selective Service Act
Congress passes the Selective Service Act authorizing the draft. -
Germany and Russia peace
Germans sign a peace treaty with the new Bolshevik government of Russia. The treaty gives Germany huge area of land that had previously been the Ukraine and Poland. peace on the Eastern Front allows Germany to shift soldiers to the Western Front, causing serious problems for the French, British, and Americans. -
Immigration Bill
he House of Representatives passed the Johnson Bill establishing a temporary bar against all labor immigration -
National Origins Act
A law that restricted immigration by establishing a system of national quotas that discriminated against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and excluded Asians. -
Ku Klux Klan Marches
Members of the Ku Klux Klan marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC
