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Archduke and his wife Killed
They Archduke and his wife were in their car when bombs were set off luckily the car in front of theirs was destroyed while they were on their way to the hospital, they took a wrong turn an ended up right at one of the assassins when both the Archduke and his wife were shot. This was important to us because this is one of the events that set of world war 1. -
Great Britain declares war on Germany
America is allies with Great Britain so when they went to war America was convicted because they wanted to stay neutral but has to support Britain. -
Lusitania gets sunk by German U-boat
The Lusitania was sunk and over 100 Americans died, and Wilson was at the breaking point -
Wilson wins
Woodrow Wilson beats republican Charles E. Huges and wins another term in office keeping the same ideals for the war as before -
The Zimmerman note.
telegram intercepted by the British and shown to America the note being from Arthur Zimmerman to the German ambassador in Mexico Which is one of the major events that lead to America joining the war. -
The USA joins the war
The US finally joins the war and started asking and drafting Americans to join and fight for the country -
The US arrives
the first American soldiers arrive in France and the war for America has officially started -
The sedition act
The sedition act made it so people couldn't talk in a way that made America look bad or would prevent the sale of government bonds -
The war is over
Even though fighting was still happening the war with Germany and the Allies had stopped meaning the war was finally over the allies had won -
The Versailles act
The act was signed, and the war was officially over no more fighting and 5 years earlier on June 26 Archduke Franz Ferdinand died which started the war