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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Wife Assassinated
Ferdinand and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist. -
Austria- Hungary declares war on Serbia
This was one of the things that began the First World War. (one month after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and wife) -
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The First World War
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Britain announces blockade of German ports
Making a blockade wouldn't allow any passing through the ports. -
The Lusitania sinks
The Germans sunk the Lusitania and 1,198 people died -
The Zimmerman Telegram is passed to the US from Britain
The Germans planned to make an alliance with Mexico to attack the US -
The US declares war on Germany
Germany violated their pledge to restrict the unrestrictred submarine -
Congress passes the Selective Service Act
This allowed all men that were needed in war to be drafted -
The espionage act is passed
States that there is no spying on anyone -
President Wilson proposes the League of Nations
They were where all of the conflict would try to resolve. Their task: To not let war break out again -
Woodrow Wilson makes the "Fourteen Points" speech to congress
Woodrow said that the war was being fought for a moral reason -
Influenza Epidemic kills over 30 million
Influenza strikes killing many people and they didnt know a cure yet -
Congress passes the Sedition Act
Congress passed that there is no bad mouthing the government -
The First World War ends
The war is over now and didnt continue -
Armistice Day
The fighting stopped at 11am. This is also known as Veterns Day today. -
19th Amendment
Women were now able to vote
