Remake of US Entrance into WWI Timeline by Jenna Abrams https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j en-us 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC 2020-12-01 16:21:56 UTC hello@padlet.com June 1914 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129864  
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand ]]> 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129864 August 1914 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129865 Woodrow Wilson gives a Speech declaring the U.S neutral "in fact and in name"]]> 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129865 February 1915 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129867 Germany answered the British blockade by announcing a blockade of its own and warned that ships attempting to enter the "war zone" (waters near the British Isles) risked being sunk on sight by German submarines.]]> 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129867 May 1915 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129868 May 7, 1915, when German torpedoes hit and sank a British passenger liner, the Lusitania.]]> 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129868 August 1915 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129871 Two more Americans lost their lives at sea as the result of a German submarine attack on another passenger ship, the Arabic.]]> 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129871 March 1916 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129873 A German torpedo struck an unarmed merchant ship, the Sussex, injuring several American passengers.]]> 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129873 Economic Links 1914-1917 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129875 U.S. trade with the Allies quadrupled while its trade with Germany dwindled to the vanishing point.]]> 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129875 June 1916 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129876 After a nationwide speaking tour on behalf of preparedness, Wilson finally convinced Congress to pass the National Defense Act in June 1916, which increased the regular army to a force of nearly 175,000.]]> 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129876 Election of 1916 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129877 This barrier to U.S. participation was suddenly removed on March 15, when Russian revolutionaries overthrew the czar's government and proclaimed a republic.]]> 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129877 March 1 1917 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129880 On March 1, U.S. newspapers carried the shocking news of a secret offer made by Germany to Mexico.]]> 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129880 March 15, 1917 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129883 This barrier to U.S. participation was suddenly removed on March 15, when Russian revolutionaries overthrew the czar's government and proclaimed a republic.]]> 2020-11-30 16:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129883 April 1917 jenabr21 https://padlet.com/jenabr21/s342jsueyetnr12j/wish/972129887
U.S. Congress declares war on Germany 

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