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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, And his wife go to visit Sarajevo in Bosnia. Someone throws a bomb at there auto but nearly misses but later on they got shot and killed a short time later by a lone assassin. People have believed that the assassin was a Serbian nationalist. All the austrians target toward siberia. -
Britain crats defense.
Britain was granting unprecedented powers from the government, they wanted to control the economy and daily lives -
german submarine
on may 7, 1915, a German submarine, u-20, sank the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania during world war I. this tragic event resulted in the loss of 1.198 lives, including many Americans. the sinking played a significant role in turning public opinion against Germany and influenced the united states' decision eventually enter the war. -
presidential elections.
on november 7, 1916 there was a presidential election between the president Woodrow Wilson and supreme court justice Charles Evan Hughes. Wilson won re-election, largely because he kept the U.S. put of world war I during his first term. it was a supe close race, but wilsons campaign slogan "he kept us our of war." really resonated with voters. -
British naval intelligence intercepted a telegram
the british intercepted the Zimmermann telegram. this was a secret communication from germany to mexico, proposing a military alliance against the united states in the u.s. entered world war I. the british naval intelligance decoded the message and shared it with the u.s. which helped sway american public opinion in favor of joining the war -
the United States declared war on Germany and entered World War I
the united states offically entered world war I. congress declared war on germany after repeated german submarine attacks on american ships and the revelation of the Zimmmermann telegram. this marked a significant turning point in the war, as american troops and recources bolstered the allied forces