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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six Bosnian Serb assassins coordinated by Danilo Ilić -
Germany Declares War on Russia and France
France makes its own declaration of war against Germany, readying its troops to move into the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, which it had forfeited to Germany -
Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, the British passenger ship, the Lusitania, was sunk by a German U-boat. The high death toll shocked the world -
Woodrow Wilson re-elected president
he tried to persuade the allies to construct a just and lasting peace establish nations -
Zimmerman Note
message sent in 1917 by german minister to the german ambassador in mexico, proposing an alliance and promising to help mexico regain texas, new mexico and az if the u.s. entered war -
The U.S. Declares War
Congress granted the request and the United States was formally at war with Germany -
The Selective Service Act becomes law
required men to register with the goverment in order to be randomly selected for military service -
Congress Passes the Sedition Act
to prevent people from speaking out against the war -
WWI ends
WAR ENDS WOOOHHOOOOO -
Wilson proposes the League of Nations
an association of nations established in 1920 international cooperation and peace
