WW1

By kaidenb

  • Assassination of the Archduke and his wife

    Assassination of the Archduke and his wife
    In Sarajevo, The Archduke and his wife were assassinated, Gavrilo Princip, a 19 year old Bosnian Serb student and member of the nationalist group young Bosnia had done it.

  • President Woodrow Wilson proclamation of neutrality

    President Woodrow Wilson proclamation of neutrality
    Statement issued declaring that the U.S would remain neutral in the ongoing conflict of WW1. signifying that the country would not take sides.

  • sinking of the Lusitania

    sinking of the Lusitania
    The RMS Lusitania was a British luxury liner that was torpedoed and sunk by a German boat

  • British naval intelligence decode

    British naval intelligence decode
    the British Naval intelligence intercepted and decoded the Zimmerman Telegram

  • signed declaration of war against Germany

    signed declaration of war against Germany
    President Wilson signed this joint resolution. Ending Americas neutral stance on the conflict

  • sedition act

    sedition act
    president Woodrow signed the Sedition act of 1918 into law

  • Jeanette Rankin becomes the first women elected into congress

    Jeanette Rankin becomes the first women elected into congress
    she was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first women to hold federal office in the U.S.

  • signed an armistice ending WW1

    signed an armistice ending WW1
    the Allies Germany signed an armistice in France. ending WW1

  • first troops landed

    first troops landed
    the first 14,000 American troops landed in France

  • treaty of versilles

    treaty of versilles
    the treaty of Versailles was signed officially ending WW1