Wilson orders American troops to pursue Mexican guerrillas
who raid U.S. territory. General John J. Pershing fails to capture rebel
leader Pancho Villa.
Montanaís Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman elected to Congress.
January: British intelligence intercepts the Zimmermann
Telegram announcing German plans for unrestricted submarine warfare and an alliance with
Mexico should the U.S. enter World War I.
Wilson seeks ěPeace Without Victoryî, but after Germany institutes
unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic, Wilson signs a proclamation of war against
Germany. America mobilizes for war.
Members of the Woman's Party, known as the Silent Sentinels, picket the
White House to publicize the suffrage cause.
Wilson appoints a committee of distinguished experts -- later known
as The Inquiry -- to develop ideas for a future of world peace based on democracy.
January 8: In his Fourteen Points speech, Wilson puts forth his
vision for a new world order, including the establishment of an organization to
settle future conflicts between nations.
March 11: A soldier at Fort Riley, Kansas reports to the
infirmary complaining of fever, sore throat, and headache. His illness is one
of the first in the flu epidemic that will kill over 600,000 Americans in just
eight months.
May 16: Congress passes the Sedition and Espionage Acts. In
violation of these acts, Eugene Debs is charged with making an anti-war speech
in Canton, Ohio.
July 16: Less than a year after seizing power in Russia, the
Bolsheviks execute ex-Czar Nicholas II and the rest of Russia's royal Romanov
family.
Leading his Rainbow Division through fierce fighting in France,
Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur becomes the most decorated soldier of the
war.
November 11: World War I ends when Germany signs an armistice
with the Allies. Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates.
January: At the Paris Peace Conference, Georges Clemenceau and
David Lloyd George clash with Wilson about how the defeated powers should be
treated.
American troops return from Europe. Black soldiers of the 369th
Infantry are welcomed home with a parade from Fifth Avenue to Harlem. Nearly
a million people turn out for the celebration.
January 8: In his Fourteen Points speech, Wilson puts forth his vision for a new world order, including the establishment of an orgainzation to settle future conflicts between nations.
January: At the Paris Peace Conference, Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George clash with Wilson about how the defeated powers should be treated.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge leads the fight against the League
of Nations. Wilson suffers a stroke while campaigning across the nation to
gain public support for the treaty and its provision of the League.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge leads the fight against the League
of Nations. Wilson suffers a stroke while campaigning across the nation to
gain public support for the treaty and its provision of the League..
Wilson is re-elected president over Republican candidate Charles Evans Hughes.
July 6: James Montgomery Flagg's famous lithograph of Uncle Sam declaring "I Want You" is first published on the cover of Leslie's Weekly.
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