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Kaiser declares “open season” on ships
Germany uses u boats to sink all ships -
assassination of Franz Ferdinand
A serbian teenage nationalist guns down Franz Ferdinand -
Great War begins
ww1 begins -
Lusitania sank
Germans sank Lusitania that was a civilian ship carrying americans on board -
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Battle of the Somme
First battle of ww1 -
Wilson re-elected
Wilson re-elected -
Zimmerman note intercepted
Germany tells Mexico to declare war on Germany -
US declares war on Germany
us declares war on germany -
Selective Service Act
A compulsory enlistment of men to join the army -
Espionage Act Passed
People are not allowed to speak freely during wartime -
Russia pulls out of the war
Russia has a revolution and is forced to leave war -
Flu epidemic
A extremely dangerous type of Influenza -
Fourteen Points speech
A speech made by Woodrow Wilson -
Sedition Act passed
designed to protect america's participation in ww1 -
Convoy system
Ships travel in packs for a greater chance of survival -
Germany signs armistice
It ended the fighting on the western front