wW1 TIMELINE

SINKING OF LUSITANIA

• Americans were on board.
• Shot down by axis powers

ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM

• The German Foreign minister, in the Zimmermann Telegram, ,
• told revolution-torn Mexico that U.S. entry was likely
• Once unrestricted submarine warfare began

AUGUST 19 1914

• Woodrow Wilson wants to remain neutral

USA ENTERS THE WAR

• April 6 1917

JANUARY 8 1918 - U.S. PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON ISSUES HIS FOURTEEN POINTS TO PEACE.

FDA

• Hebert Hoover wants Americans
• To start growing victory gardens
• And saving food

1917

• USA grants citizenship to
• Puerto Rico so that they
• Can draft them

1917

• America sends navy
• Navy guards shipment

SPRING 1918

• American forces join allied forces

NOVEMBER 11 - GERMANY SIGNS THE ARMISTICE AT COMPIEGNE, FRANCE. FIGHTING ENDS ON THE 11TH HOUR OF THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH (I.E. 11 A.M. ON NOVEMBER 11).

• War ends