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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Having received multiple warnings to cancel the trip, the archduke knew that danger potentially awaited them. “Our journey starts with an extremely promising omen,” he purportedly said when the axles on his car overheated. “Here our car burns, and down there they will throw bombs at us.” -
Trench Warfare, Poison Gas, and Machine Guns
No Man's Land was a place both armies would used to patrol, repair or add barbed wire to their front lines. Trench warfare had a massive impact on soldiers as it caused huge amounts of casualties on the battlefield and also caused health problems of the battlefield. Trenches were infested with rats and lice. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The disaster set off a chain of events that led to the U.S. entering World War I. On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned luxury steamship Lusitania, killing 1,128 people including 128 Americans. -
Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram, or Note, was significant to the history of World War I because it forced United States President Woodrow Wilson to reverse his initial position on American involvement in the European conflict and commit the United States to the war against Germany. -
The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution took place in 1917 when the peasants and working class people of Russia revolted against the government of Tsar Nicholas II. They were led by Vladimir Lenin and a group of revolutionaries called the Bolsheviks. The new communist government created the country of the Soviet Union. -
U.S. entry into WWI
The date of US entry into WW1 was April 6, 1917 when the nation was drawn into World War 1 on the side of the Allies. The United States of America entered the conflict, two and a half years after the war had begun on July 28, 1914, and declared war on Germany on -
Battle of Argonne Forest
The Battle of Argonne Forest was part of what became known as the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the last battle of World War I . It was a massive attack along the whole line, with the immediate goal of reaching the railroad junction as Sedan. The US had over 1 million troops now available to fight. -
Armistice
an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce -
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Open diplomacy.
Freedom of the seas.
Removal of economic barriers.
Reduction of armaments.
Adjustment of colonial claims.
Conquered territories in Russia.
Preservation of Belgian sovereignty.
Restoration of French territory. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Paris Peace Conference opened on January 18, 1919, with the goal of developing a treaty that would punish Germany and meet the goals of the various Allied Powers. Negotiating the treaty, which would be known as the Treaty of Versailles, was a long and complex process.
