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German U-Boat torpedoes the British passenger
German U-Boat sinks Lusitania, killing 1,201, including 128 Americans, off Ireland's coast. President Wilson sends four diplomatic protests to Germany. 128 Americans were involved in this battle. -
Archduke Assinated
Believing the assassin to be a Serbian nationalist, the Austrians target their anger toward Serbia. It is a major reason World War 1 started. The US remained neutral until 1917 because countries were giving the US war material. -
Siege of Liege attacks Belgain fortress city
The twelve forts surrounding the city are then bombarded into submission by German and Austrian howitzers using high explosive shells. -
voters re-elect President
The American people wanted Woodrow Wilson so they re-elected him. American voters re-elect President Woodrow Wilson -
The British intercept a telegram
Germany would provide tactical support while Mexico would benefit by expanding into the American Southwest, retrieving territories that had once been part of Mexico.
The American military was favored in the war. -
American declares was on Germany
Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships.
America was involved because they declared war on Germany. -
American troops land in France
The Americans were involved with this because they put American troops in France. -
The Sedition Act of 1918
The Sedition Act covered a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds. They curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. -
Armistice on the Western Front
Fighting continued all along the Western Front until precisely 11 o'clock, with 2,000 casualties experienced that day by all sides. Artillery barrages also erupt as 11 am draws near as soldiers yearn to claim they fired the very last shot in the war. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Versailles Peace Treaty, signed on June 28, 1919, officially ended World War I. The U.S. Government signed the Treaty of Berlin and didn't sigh the Treaty of Versailles.