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america proclamtion neutriality
many americans saw little reason to entangle themselves in what they viewed as european quarreling and intuge -
the election of president Woodrow wilson
Woodrow Wilson was elected president in 1912 after serving only two years as governor of New Jersey. President of Princeton University from 1902 until his election as New Jersey governor, Wilson succeeded in his campaigns f -
sinking of the lusitania
widespread criticism of germany and so germany soon re-imposed its own restrictions on its submarine -
fourteen points by president wilson
rescibed a program of transparency in international relations free trade freedom of the seas reductions in armaments national self determination -
assassination of archduke franz ferdinaland
Germany declared war on russia, serbuia ally,and invade france via belgium -
battle of the marne
pushing the germans back for a distance of 40 to 50 miles and thus saved the capital city of paris from capture -
battle of the verdun
the french repulsed a major german offensive it was one of the longest bloodiest and most ferocious battles of the war -
the sussex incident
torepodeing of a french cross-channel passenger steamer the sussex by a german submarine leaving 80 casualities including two americans wounded -
battle of the somme
British and french forces launched a fontal attack against an entrenched german army north of the somme river in france -
the re election of president woodrow wilson
democratic president woodrow wilson narrowly defeated former associate justice of the supreme court charles evans hughes -
interception of the zimmermann telegram
decrypted a coded german telegram from german foreign secretary arthur zimmermann that was inteed for germany's ambassador to mexico -
declaration of new unrestricted submarine warfare by germnany
bethmann hollweg went before the german reichstag goverment and made the announcement the unresyricted submarine warfare -
united states enters world war 1
u.s. senators voted in support of the measure to declare war on germany the house concoured two days later the united states later declared was on german ally austria hungray -
selective service act
which authorized the federal goverment to temporairly expand the military through conscription the act eventually requireed all men between the ages -
the espionage act
to convey information with the internet to interfare with the operation or success of the armed forces of the united states or to promote -
landing of the american expeditionary
october when the frist division one of the best trained divisions of the aef entered the trenches at nancy france -
beginning of the spanish flu epidemic
could see influenza jumping from army camp to camp then into cities and traveling with troops to europe