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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
A Serbian teenage nationalist guns down Franz Ferdinand -
Great War begins
WW1 begins -
Kaiser declares “open season” on ships
Germany uses U boats to sink all ships -
Lusitania sank
Germans sank Lusitania that was a civilian ship carrying Americans on board -
Battle of the Somme
First battle of WW1 -
Wilson re-elected
Wilson re-elected -
Russia Pulls Out Of The War
Russia has a revolution and is forced to leave war -
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 -
Convoy system
Ships travel in packs for a greater chance of survival -
Espionage Age passed
People are not allowed to speak freely during wartime -
Flu Epidemic
A extremely dangerous type of Influenza -
14 Points Speech
A speech made by Woodrow Wilson -
Sedition Act passed
designed to protect america's participation in WW1 -
Germany signs armistice
It ended the fighting on the western front