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Allies
The Triple Entente, later known as the Allies, consisted of France, Britain, and Russia. The Triple Alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. -
Central Powers
Germnay and Austria-Hungary, together with the Ottoman Empire-an empire of mostly Middle eastern lands controlled by Turks-were later known as the Central Power. -
1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
As royalentourage drove through the city, Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip stepped from the crowed and shot the Archduke and his wife Sophie. July 28, Austria-Hungary declared what was expected to be a short war against Serbia. -
Schlieffen Plan
This Plan called for a holding action against Russia, combined with a quick drive through Belgium to Paris; after France had fallen, the two German armies would defeat Russia. -
Sinking of British liner Lusitania
when a U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland.a torpedo fired by the German submarine U 20 slammed into her side. A mysterious second explosion ripped the liner apart. Chaos reigned. The ship listed so badly and quickly that lifeboats crashed into passengers crowded on deck, or dumped their loads into the water. Most passengers never had a chance. Within 18 minutes the giant ship slipped beneath the sea. One thousand one hundred nineteen of the 1,924 aboard die -
Sinking of British liner Arabic
Drowning tow american. again the U.S. protested, and this time Germany agreed not to sink any more passenger ships. -
Zimmermann Note
A telegram from the German foreign minster to the German ambassador in Mexicao that was intercepted by British agents. The telegram proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany and Promised that if war with the United States broke out, Germany would support Mexico in recovering "lost territory in Texas, new Mexico, and Arizona." -
Battle of the Somme
The first Battle of the Somme-which began on july 1, 1916, and lasted until mid-November-the British suffered 60,000 casualties the first day alone. -
Sinking of French Passenger liner Sussex
Germany broke its promise and torpedoed an unarmed French passenger steamer. it sank about 80 passengers, including Americans, were killed and injured. -
War Industries Board
The board encouraged companies to use mass-production techniques to increase efficiency. -
Selective Service Act of 1917
The Selective Service Act or Selective Draft Act authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
Second Battle of the Narne
Several weeks later U.S. troops played a major role in throwing back German attacks at chateau-Thierry and Belleau Wood. they helped win the second battle of Marne. The tide had turned against the central Powers. -
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Congress passed the Espionage Act. The piece of legislation gave postal officials the authority to ban newspapers and magazines from the mails and threatened individuals convicted of obstructing the draft with $10,000 fines and 20 years in jail. Congress passed the Sedition Act of 1918, which made it a federal offense to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the Constitution, the government, the American uniform, or the flag. The government prosecuted over 2,100 people. -
Convoy System
In which a heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups. -
National War Labor Board
The National War Labor Board (NWLB) was a United States federal agency created in two different incarnations, the first by President Woodrow Wilson from 1918–19 during World War I and the second by President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1942–45 during World War II. -
Cease-fire and Armistice
Germany agreed to a cease-fire and signed the Armistice, or truce, that ended the war. -
Food Administration
Wilson requested Herbert Hoover to leave his position as Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium and return to this country to take charge of its wartime Food Administration. Three years of intense fighting in western Europe had devastated its people and their ability to farm. The Food Administration's goals were to provide food for its own troops and those of its Allies in war-torn Europe as well as to feed the American and Allied populations. -
Committee on Public Information
The Committee on Public Information, also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States created to influence U.S. public opinion regarding American participation in World War I. -
Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies
That same day, German sailors mutinied against government Authority. The mutiny spread quickly. -
Establishment of the German Republic
Socialist leaders in the capital, Berlin, established a German Repulic
