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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
him and his wife were shot to death by a Serbian nationalist -
Great war begins
the war began -
Kaiser declares ¨open season¨ on ships
u-boat attacks on merchant ships -
Lusitania sank
sunk by a german submarine -
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 -
battle of the somme
one of the largest battles of the first world war -
wilson re-elected
wilson got elected again -
zimmerman note intercepted
intercepted the zimmerman note -
convoy system
merchant vessels sailing together -
Espionage Age passed
federal law -
Flu Epidemic
a disease that spread through Europe -
Fourteen Points Speech
Woodrow Wilsons speech -
Russia pulls out of the war
Vladimir Lenin overthrew the government and decided they needed to pull out of the war -
sedition act passed
extended espionage act -
Germany signs armistice
end of the war -
US declares war on germany
the US joined the war
