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The election of president Woodrow Wilson
The 1920 United States presidential election was the 34th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1920. In the first election held after the end of the First World War. -
Assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. -
America proclaims neutrality in ww1
Wilson's proclamation stated that the U.S. would remain neutral in the war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, Germany and France, and Germany and Russia. -
The battle of the Marne
Battle of the Marne was a great strategic victory, as it enabled the French to continue the war. However, the Germans succeeded in capturing a large part of the industrial north east of France, a serious blow. -
The sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of Lusitania caused international outrage and helped turn public opinion against Germany, particularly in the then-neutral United States. 1,200 people killed, 128 were American citizens -
The battle of the Verdun
four-month Battle of the Somme was a miserable failure except that it diverted German resources from the attack on Verdun. It cost the British 420,000 casualties, the French 195,000, and the Germans 650,000. -
The Sussex incident
the Sussex, by a German submarine, leaving 80 casualties, including two Americans wounded. The attack prompted a U.S. threat to sever diplomatic relations. -
The battle of the Somme
the battle of 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
The telegram was a coded message from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann to the German ambassador to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckhardt. The telegram proposed an alliance between Germany, Mexico, and Japan to regain territories lost by Mexico to the United States in the Mexican-American War. -
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 world war 1
The reasons Wilson cited Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to form an alliance with Mexico against the United States. -
The selective service act
The Selective Service Act is a law that requires male citizens and other males in the United States to register for military service. The act was passed by Congress on May 18, 1917, and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. -
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. It has been amended numerous times over the years. -
The Landing of the America expeditionary force in France
The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) landed in France on June 26, 1917 at the port of Saint-Nazaire, marking the official arrival of American troops in World War I -
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 Flue Epidemic
American soldiers carrying the virus left Camp Funston and were assigned to military camps across the United States and eventually to Europe. The flu reached the port of Brest, France in April. -
Russia Pulls out of world war 1
Russia officially withdrew from World War 1 by signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on March 3, 1918, following the Bolshevik revolution which brought a new government to power that soug t to end Russia's involvement in the war -
The passing of the sedition act
The Sedition Act was passed by the United States Congress on May 16, 1918. It was an amendment to the Espionage Act of 1917, which had been passed after the U.S. entered World War I. -
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. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 days -
armistice day ends world war 1
The armistice was an agreement between the Allies and Germany to stop fighting and was a prelude to peace negotiations. The armistice declared a cessation of hostilities on the western front at 11 AM on the 11th day of the 11th month. -
The Paris peace conference and treaty of Versailles
This conference took place in January 1919 at Versailles, France, and was attended by nearly 30 nations. The conference's main goal was to establish the terms of peace. The conference lasted longer than expected, and was dominated by the "Big Four" countries: the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy