World War I

  • Ferdinand Assassination

    Ferdinand was assassinated.
    His wife was also assassinated.
    Lived in Austria.
  • Germany and Great Britan Declares War

    Germany declares war on Russia and France.
    Great Britan declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungry.
    This starts WWI.
  • Hollywood becomes Movie Capital

    Hollywood becomes the center of movies.
    Thomas Edison's company showed the first moving picture machine in eighteen-ninety-three.
    Director D. W. Griffith also arrived in Hollywood in those early years. He created new ways of using a camera to tell a story through moving pictures.
  • Germans Sinks Lusitania

    German u-boats sink Lusitania.
    1,198 people died.
    This was a ship battle.
  • Bell Makes the First Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone.
    And he made the first call.
    This introduces communication long distance.
  • Einstein

    Proposes his theory of reletivity.
    Created many invention.
    Like the light bulb.
  • President of The U.S.

    It was Woodrow Wilson.
    He was a democrat.
    Elected in 1916
  • Battles of Verdun

    The battles of Verdun.
    The Somme claim millions of lives.
  • U.S. Declares War

    They declare war on Germany.
  • Selective Service Act

    The Selective Service Act set up the draft.
  • Russia Withdraws

    They withdraws from the war.
    bc it got to much for them
  • League of Nations

    Prsident Wilson proposes the League of Nations.
  • Sedition Act

    Congress passed it.
    It help with justice.
  • Bolsheviks

    establishes communist regime.
    It was in Russia
  • Epidemic

    It was worldwide.
    It was influenza.
    Kills 30 million.
  • 19th Amendment

    Congress approves.
    women right to vote