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Assassination of the Archduke and his wife
In Sarajevo, The Archduke and his wife were assassinated, Gavrilo Princip, a 19 year old Bosnian Serb student and member of the nationalist group young Bosnia had done it. -
President Woodrow Wilson proclamation of neutrality
Statement issued declaring that the U.S would remain neutral in the ongoing conflict of WW1. signifying that the country would not take sides. -
sinking of the Lusitania
The RMS Lusitania was a British luxury liner that was torpedoed and sunk by a German boat -
British naval intelligence decode
the British Naval intelligence intercepted and decoded the Zimmerman Telegram -
signed declaration of war against Germany
President Wilson signed this joint resolution. Ending Americas neutral stance on the conflict -
sedition act
president Woodrow signed the Sedition act of 1918 into law -
Jeanette Rankin becomes the first women elected into congress
she was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first women to hold federal office in the U.S. -
signed an armistice ending WW1
the Allies Germany signed an armistice in France. ending WW1 -
first troops landed
the first 14,000 American troops landed in France -
treaty of versilles
the treaty of Versailles was signed officially ending WW1