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america proclaims neutrality in ww1
president woodrow wilson proclaims neutrality of the united states, a big majority of americans favored this position -
the battle of the marne
at the end of the first month of the ww1, the french 6th army attacked the right flank of the german 1st army, under the command of general of michel joseph manoury , which then lead to the first battle of the marne. -
the sinking of the lusitania
on may 7, 1915 the british owned steamship was torpedoed by a german u boat, it killed 1,195 people in total, 128 of them being americans, this immeditately starnied the relationship between germany and the united states, that evantually lead to the united states to enter the ww1. -
the battle of the verdun
during ww1 the battle of verdun took place from feburary 21, 1916 to december 18, 1916, france and germany fought in the battle of verdun, the french fortress threatened the german main communication lines, which is why it took place in that location. -
the sussex incident
the sussex incident began by a german submarine that left 80 casualties, and torpedoed over a french cross channel streamer, this attack then lead to prompting a u.s threat to sever diplomatic relations -
the battle of the somme
from july 1 all the way to november , what had begun as an allied offesnive against german forces lead to it becoming one of the most bitter and deadly battles of all time, more than 57,000 casualties for the british forces, this battle didn't end until 5 months later. -
the re-election of president woodrow wilson
woodrow wilson became the first democrat to be re-elected , isnce andrew jackson, his victory was by 277 to 254 electoral votes, wilsons domestic record on progressive and labour issues helped him win the popular vote -
the declaration of unrestricted submarine of warfare by germany
the german u boat submarine becomes a lethal threat again on febuary 1, 1917, they had returned to their policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, after it had previously had suspended in response to the neutral united states -
the interception of the zimmermann telegram
the telegram was deciphered in january 1917, and the german ambassador had been instructed to reach out to count johann von bernstorff so he could offer a financial aid to mexico if they were to agree to enter in case of any german and u.s conflict happened. -
the united states enters ww1
the u.s. had declared neutrality but two days after the u.s. senate ends up voting 82 to 6 so they could declare war, and so they declared war against germany -
the selective service act
the selective service act instituted compulsory military service, this was first implemented in the united states, this took place during the american civil war, some troops were sought by the union by getting offered cash -
the passing of the espionage act
two months after america entered the world war, the congress of the united states passed the espionage act, this act was enforced by a mitchell plamer, what this act did was make it crime for people to convey information intended to interfere with the u.s. armed forces to promote the success of the countrys enemies -
the landing of the american expeditionary force in france
once the ww1 was already taking place the first 14,000 u.s soldiers arrived in france, due to the german submarines they kept the location a secret -
the beginning of the spanish flu epidemic
the spanish flu is also known as the deadliest pandemic in history, it infected 500 million people worldwide, from 20 to 50 million people died from it, due to the time period their was no medicine or vaccines to help treat the flu -
the fourteen points by president wilson
the fourteen points was a speech made by president wilson, he delivered the speech before a joint meeting of congress, basically what wilson shared during his speech was his vision for a stable long lasting peace in europe -
russia pulls out of ww1
in brest-litovsk russia decided to sign a treaty with the central powers ending which would end their participation in world war 1, since russias involvement had resulted in a number of heavy losses against germnay which is what led them to want to pull out -
the passing of the sedition act
A. mitchell palmer was behind the making of the sedition act, the united states congress later passed the act, this was designed to help protect americas participation in the world war 1 -
the passing of the sedition act
the sedition act was made to protect americas participation in world war one, this legislation was passed by the u.s congress , which was mainly planned out by A. mitchell plamer -
the battle of argone forest
this was one of the largest operations that took place in the american expeditionary forces, during world war one, over a million of american soldiers participated in this battle, this was also known as the deadliest campaign in american history -
armistice day ends ww1
it was 5 am when the great war finally comes to an end, the date was 11/11/11/1918 -
the paris peace conference and treaty of versailles
this was the primary treaty produced by the paris peace conference, it was signed on june 28, 1919 by germany and by the ailled associated powers it took place in the hall of mirrors in the place of versailes