World War 1 Timeline

By NoahF

  • Kaiser declares “open season” on ships

    Germany uses u boats to sink all ships

  • Great War begins

    World War 1 begins

  • Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    The archduke of Austria is assassinated

  • Lusitania sank

    Germans sank Lusitania that was a civilian ship carrying americans on board

  • Battle of the Somme

    First battle of ww1

  • Wilson re-elected

    Wilson re-elected

  • Russia Pulls out of War

    Russia pulls out of WW1

  • Zimmerman note intercepted

    Germany tells Mexico to declare war on Germany

  • US declares war on Germany

    US declares war on germany

  • Selective Service Act

    Raised a national Army for World War 1

  • Espionage Age passed

    Made it illegal to write or speak another language in America

  • Flu Epidemic

    H1N1 influenza spread

  • Fourteen Points Speech

    A speech President Wilson made to discuss War Aims and Peace.

  • Sedition Act passed

    Designed to protect america's participation in ww1

  • Convoy system

    Ships travel in packs for a greater chance of survival

  • Germany signs armistice

    Armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning.