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International organization created after WWI to provide a forum for resolving international disputes

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Peace treaty signed at the end of WWI by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany

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Treaty of Versailles
Conference Opens

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Ended war in land, sea, and air between Allies and Germany

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Armistice signed

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The speech was made by President Woodrow Wilson to a joint session of the US Congress

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Statement of principles for peace negotiations in order to end WWI

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Wilson outlines the 14 Points

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Russia turned it on itself with a bloody civil war between the Bolsheviks and the Conservative White Guard

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Signaled withdrawal soon after the October Revolution

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Russia withdraws from the war

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Sparked the beginning of a new era in Russia that would effect other countries

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Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin lead his leftist revolutionaries in a revolt against in the ineffective Provisional Government.

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October Reolution occurs in Russia

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Over a million of American troops were stationed in France

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The first American troops landed in France on June of 1917

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US Troops Land in France

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Congress granted the US permission to declare war on Germany

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The US declared war on Germany, because of their decision to resume unrestricted submarine warfare and the immerman note

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US Declares War

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Placed the Bolsheviks in power

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This revolution overthrew the imperial government

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First Russian Revolution

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Unrestricted submarine warfare was meant to scare off most ships fro trading with Britain.

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Germans resorted to sinking merchant ships, which is called submarine warfare

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Proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the US entering WWI against Germany.

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A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office

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All merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, would be attacked by the German navy.

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Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone

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The sinking of the Lusitania caused moral outrage between the British and the US and ultimately led to the USA declaring war against Germany.

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The German U-boat torpedoed the Lusitania, a British ocean liner.

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The Lusitania is sunk

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Although empires were destroyed, millions were killed, and the war was meant to end all others, 3 very important lessons were learned:

Exhaust diplomacy before you use force

War is unpredicatble

History should be remembered

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A global war fought from 1914-1918 between the Allies, notably Britain, France, Russia, and Italy.

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World War I Begins

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First meeting of the League of Nations in London

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Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warefare

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Zimmerman Note

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Germany calls off unrestricted submarine (U-boat) warfare

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The assassination in Sarajevo is significant, because it is believed to have sparked the outbreak of WWI.

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand (trying not to show signs of weakness to those who Bosnia and Sarajevo to be controlled by Austria) was shot by Gavrilo Princip, who was a man that was against Bosnia being controlled by Austria). He was a member of the Black Hand Gang.

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Assassination in Sarajevo