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Kaiser declares "open season" on ships
Germany attacks any ships that are not with allied counties. -
Assasination of Franz Ferdinand
Young Serbian teen shoots and kills Prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife. -
The great war begins
Austria-Hungary declres war on Serbia. -
Lusitania sank
Germany sinks a civilian ship with American citizens on board. -
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Battle of Somme
First battle of World War I. -
Wilson re-elected
Wilson is re elected for a second term as US president. -
Zimmerman note intercepted
Note saying to aid Mexico in Germany related conflict. -
US declares war on Germany
US declares war on Germany -
Selective Service Act
Allowed the federal government to raise a national army for the U.S. to enter World War 1. -
Espionage age passed
It was officialy a crime to pass information to foreign forces regarding the US. -
Russia pulled out of the war
Russian government was overthrown and the new leaders wanted to focus on building a communist state. -
Period: to
Flu epidemic
First of two pandemics that killed 50 to 100 million people worldwide, including those from the artic and pacific islands. -
fourteen points speech
- Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.
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Sedition Act Passed
Restiriciton of freedom of speech that cast American government in negative light. -
Convoy system
ships traveling in large groups for greater chance of survival. -
Germany signs armistice
World War I finally ends.
