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WWI
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Poison Gases
the German army was the first to use gas it was in fact initially deployed by the French. In the first month of the war, August 1914, they fired tear-gas grenades (xylyl bromide) against the Germans. -
President Woodrow Wilson
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces the U.S. will remain neutral.He issued a declaration of US neutrality and called upon the American people to support his policy by not taking sides. He hoped that the United States would remain neutral and continue to trade with warring nations. -
Reason for US Involvement
The start of WWI was that a unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans and lead to the U.S. involvement. -
The Zimmerman Telegram
In February 1917, British intelligence gave the United States government a decoded telegram from Germany's foreign minister, Arthur Zimmerman that had been intercepted en route to his ambassador to Mexico. -
Woodrow Wilson Fourteen Points
The League of Nations represented President Wilson's goals for nations to have self-determination and an international peacekeeping forum. The U.S Senate refused to ratify the Treaty and participate in the league of Nations. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty ending WWI that redrew the map of Europe, blamed.
The details of the Versailles Treaty had been debated and finalized at the Paris Peace Conference, which opened on January 18, 1919 - just over two months after the fighting on the Western Front ended.
