-
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand was on a visit in Sarajevo, Bosnia. He and his wife were shot dead as they were driving through Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip was convicted for the murder. -
Lusitania
Lusitania was a British ocean liner. It was sank by German supmarine. It was on it's way to America, when it got shot with 1.200. including lots of americans. This made the US to enter the war. -
Election of 1916
The United States presidential election of 1916 took place while Europe was embroiled in World War I. The election was between Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes. Wilson defeated Hughes with a small margin. -
Zimmerman note
diplomatic proposal from Germany to Mexico to make war against the United States. The proposal was caught by the British before it could get to Mexico. The propasal angered the Americans and had a part to U.S. declaration of war in April -
Russian Revolution
The Russian revolution start because they didn't want a Tsar anymore. It got replaced by a goverment, wich was lead by the Bolsheviks with Lenin in the as leader. -
Selective Service Act of 1917
It expanded the regular army and allowed to raise a volunteer infantry force of not more than four divisions. Around four million men were drafted. -
Espionage and Sedition Act
Espionage and Sedition Act is a federal law that was passed 15 of June in 1917. Shortly after the U.S entry of the world war. It prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations, and to support U.S. enemies during WW1, or to interfere with military recruitment. -
War industries Board
War Industry board is a goverment agency that was created 28th of july in 1917. It was estabilished to coordinate with war supplies. -
Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points was a speech given by United States President Woodrow Wilson to a Congress on January 8, 1918. It purpose was to be a peace program. -
Armistice
The armistice between the Allies and Germany was an agreement that ended the fighting in the First World War. It was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918 and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not technically a surrender. -
Shenck v. United Stated
Shenck v. United States is a supreme court case, talking about a defendant didn't hav right to express freedom of speech against draft during WWI. -
Treaty of Versaille
Treaty of Versaille is one of many peace treaties after WWI. This one ended the war between the German Empire and the Allied Powers. The outcome was brutal. Germany had to pay lots of money. have no fleet. and a limited army.
