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Occurred six days after the Treaty of Versailles.

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Was formed to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.

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Set the peace terms for the defeated central powers.

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Meeting of the victorious allied powers following the end of WWI.

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Signed between France, Britain, and Germany that ended fighting on land, sea, and air.

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Agreement to stop fighting between the allies and their last opponent, Germany.

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Were outlined in a speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.

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Statement of the principles for peace that was used for peace negotiations in order to end WWI.

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Soon after withdrawing the country turned on itself with a bloody Civil War between the Bolsheviks and Conservative White Guard.

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After the October Revolution Russia withdrew from the war.

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It is called the October Revolution because Russia was still on the Julian calendar and did not switch to the Gregorian Calendar until the revolution.

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Led by Bolsheviks under Lenin (communists) gain control of Russia

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The United States utilized German ships that had been interned, or seized for travel to France. The soldiers in France were often called "Dough boys".

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With the threat of enemy submarines, American ships needed protection so troops were sent to France also known as American Expeditionary Forces (AEF).

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Wilson's decision to go into war was because of Germany's decisions.

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United States entered the war because of Germany's decision to resume the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, and the so called "Zimmerman telegram".

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It sparked the beginning of a new era in Russia that had effects on countries around the world.

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Collapse of an empire under Tsar NIcholas II and the rise of marxian socialism under Lenin and his Bolsheviks.

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German blockade of Britain could only be effective if they went after passenger and other ships.

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Germany wanted to break the deadlock in the war where the British kept war materials and other goods from reaching Germany by a naval blockade.

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It forced the United States President Woodrow Wilson to reverse initial position on American involvement in the European conflict and commit the United States to war against Germany.

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Was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior even of the United States entering WWI against Germany.

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Germany needed to win the war before the United States had a chance to mobilize.

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Resuming unrestricted submarine warfare would assure that the United States would enter the war on behalf of the allies.

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Germany declared the seas around Great Britain a war zone subject to submarine warfare and that allied ships in the area would be sunk without warning Germans believed that the ship was carrying war supplies.

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The Lusitania was a ship that transported passengers between Great Britain and New York. It was torpedoed by a German submarine, called a U-Boat, off the coast of Ireland and was sunk.

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There are a few key pieces of information to take away from World War I, fo rone empires were destroyed, millions were killed and the world was upended in a war meant to end all others.

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The first world war began from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. Germany presented an ultimatum to Russia to demobilize and when it was refused, they declared war on Russia.

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First meeting of the League of Nations in London

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Treaty of Versailles Conference opens

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Armistice signed

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Wilson outlines the 14 Points

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Russia withdraws from the war

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October Revolution occurs in Russia

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US Troops land in France

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US Declares War

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First Russian Revolution

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Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare

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Zimmerman note

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Germany calls off unrestricted submarine (U-boat) warfare

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The Lusitania is sunk

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World War I begins

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This event seemed to of sparked the outbreak of World War I.

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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie Duchess of Hohenberg, which occurred on June 28, 1914 where they were killed by Gavrilo Princip.

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Assassination in Sarajevo