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Period: 2018 BCE to 2019 BCE
Flu Epidemic
Infected roughly 500 million people worldwide and killed about 20-50 million victims. -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Ferdinand and his wife were shot by Gavrilo Princip, an Bosnian Serb nationalist. -
Kaiser declares “open season” on ships
Germany is liable to sink all ships without warning. -
Lusitania sank
A German submarine torpedoed the ship without warning off the south coast of Ireland -
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Battle of the Somme
A battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German Empire. -
Wilson re-elected
President Wilson went up against Charles Evan Hughes, the Republican Candidate, but Wilson Won. -
Zimmerman note intercepted
The US intervened and found a not Germany sent Mexico wanting to be their alliance. -
US declares war on Germany
The US declared war on Germany due to Germany sinking a US ship and the revelation of a proposed German plot to ally with Mexico against the US prompted Wilson's action. -
Selective Service Act
authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people -
Convoy system
The Convoy system was made to organize ships into large groups under the protection of armed naval vessels to provide better defense and countermeasures against German U-boat attacks. -
Espionage Age passed
"It was intended to prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of United States enemies during wartime." -
Russia Pulls out of war
Russia pulled out of the war because they wanted to focus on building up a communist state. -
Fourteen Points Speech
A speech given by Woodrow Wilson about war aims and peace terms -
Sedition Act passed
The Sedition Act made it illegal for anyone to print, write, utter, or publish any disloyal, profane, or abusive language about the form of the US Government. -
Germany signs armistice
Germany signs armistice was an armistice during the First World War between the Allies and Germany. It is the agreement that ended the fight on the Western Front -
Great War Begins
The great war began solely due to the fact of the heir Franz Ferdinand being assassinated.
