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The election of president woodrow wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 192. -
The assassination of archduke franz ferdinand: The outbreak od WW1
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. -
America proclaims neutrality in WW1
could serve the world best by concentrating on reforms at home and setting an example of peace and democracy. -
The battle of the marne
The First Battle of the Marne or known in France as the Miracle on the Marne was a battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914. -
The sinking of the lusitania
The RMS Lusitania was a British-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915, about 11 nautical miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. -
The battle of the verdun
The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. -
The sussex incident
agreement by the German government during World War I to stop the indiscriminate sinking of nonmilitary ships. -
The battle of the somme
The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire. -
The Re-Election of president Woodrow Wilson
The 1916 United States presidential election was the 33rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated former associate justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate. -
The interception of the zimmermann telegram
On January 17, 1917 British signals intelligence intercepted and decrypted a coded German telegram from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann that was intended for Germany's ambassador to Mexico. -
The declaration of new unrestricted submarine warfare by germany
a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships such as freighters and tankers without warning. -
The united states enters ww1
Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 was the primary motivation behind Wilson's decision to lead the United States into World War I. -
The selective service act
authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription. -
The espionage act
The Espionage Act of 1917 is a United States federal law enacted on June 15, 1917, shortly after the United States entered World War I. -
the landing of the american expeditionary force in france
The first American Expeditionary Forces' (AEF) contingent landed in France in late June 1917 at Saint-Nazaire. -
The fourteen points by president Wilson
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. -
The beginning of the spanish flu epidemic
The pandemic occurred in three waves. The first apparently originated in early March 1918, during World War I. -
Russia pulls out of WW1
The Bolsheviks signed a peace treaty with Germany on March 3, 1918, formally pulling Russia out of World War I and ceding Poland, Lithuania, the Ukraine, the Baltic provinces, Finland, and other neighboring provinces to the Germans. -
The passing of the sedition act
Passed by a Federalist-controlled Congress on July 14, the Sedition Act of 1798 was part of a series of measures, commonly known as the Alien and Sedition Acts, ostensibly designed to deal with the threats involved in the “quasi-war” with France. -
The battle of argonne forest
The Meuse–Argonne offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. -
Armistice day ends WW1
On November 11, 1918 an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I. -
The paris peace conference & Treaty of versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I.