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Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
A Serbian nationalist shot in Sarajevo -
Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Austrian prince assassinated and started the World War I -
Wilson Urges Neutrality
Wilson declared that the US would remain impartial in thought as well as in action -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the American entry into World War I and became an iconic symbol in military recruiting campaigns of why the war was being fought -
Sinking of the Lusitania
A ship sank by Germany and killed 1,198 people -
America Declares War
Wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against Germany -
Creation of the CPI
created committee on public information to promote the war domestically while publicizing American war aims abroad. -
Selective Service Act
authorizes the US federal government to raise a national army for service in world war I -
Espionage Act
Federal law passed to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes -
Espionage Act
law passed to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations -
Wilson’s 14 Points
14 points were the statements of peace in order to end WWI -
Second Battle of Marne
was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during the First World War -
Second Battle of Marne
an attack failed when an Allied counterattack by French and American forces, including several hundred tanks -
American Troops Enter Europe
The American Expeditionary Forces or AEF were the United States Armed Forces sent to Europe in World War I -
paris Peace Conference
meeting of the victorious allied powers following the end of WWI defeating central power -
Rejection of the Treaty of Versailles
the US would never ratify the treaty to join the league of nations -
Rejection of the Treaty of Versailles
former peace treaty between germany and was shortly rejected -
German Surrender in Compiegne, France
Germans surrender settled a treaty of peace
