Study
Tool: Chronological Events of the 1914-1921 Era
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c. = circa (about) ( ) with specific name – Name is for reference for you can find the information in the index if needed.
Allies =
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Presidential
Election/Event |
US Official
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Allies |
Central Powers |
US War Actions |
Issue/Organization
Development |
Political Party
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1909 |
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Prior general agreement on trade during war |
Prior general agreement on trade during war |
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1914-06 |
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Assassinations - Austrian archduke by Serbian Nationalist |
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1914-08 – Aug. |
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Declarations of War (More) |
Declarations of War |
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1914 |
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Br: Blockade of Ger |
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1914-10 |
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Short-term bank loans permitted to belligerents (More)
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1914 – Positioning of Democrats as keeping out of war |
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1914-12 (c.) |
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Unofficial: Col. Edward House
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Br: Blockade of Ger extended to neighboring countries, to food; mines (More) |
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1915-02 |
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General loans permitted to belligerents
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Ger: announces on sight destruction of
merchant vessels – not rescue people |
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1915-02 |
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US to Ger: “strict
accountability”
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1915-05 |
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Ger: sinks |
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1915-05-07 |
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US to Ger: final note,
“deliberately unfriendly.”
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Great Migration Latinos to Los Angles, Phoenix, Houston |
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1915-06 |
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Formation – League to Enforce Peace- W.H. Taft heads |
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1915-08 – 10 |
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Ger: sinks Arabic: Arabic pledge,
indemnity |
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1916-03-07 |
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Congressional attempts, but party pressure results
in tabling of bills
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1916-03 |
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Campaign into
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1916-05 |
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1916-05 |
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1916-11 |
Charles Evans Hughes vs. Woodrow Wilson
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Democratic Positioning: “He Kept Us out of War” Coalition: women, peace vote, South and West, MW farmers |
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1916-12 |
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Br. rejects |
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1917-01 |
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1917-01-31 |
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1917-02-03 |
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US: arms merchant
vessels |
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1917-03 |
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Zimmerrnan note (or
Zimmerman telegram) comes out |
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1917-04 |
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US: sets up
agencies & experts (More) |
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1917-05 |
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Selective Service
Act |
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1917-11 |
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Ru: Russian
Revolution |
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1918-01 |
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1918-03 |
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Ru: Bolsheviks
make peace with Ger |
Ger: get 66M people, 500 sq. miles territory |
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1918-03-07 |
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US: 1M soldiers to
the war in the AEF (More) led by John J. Pershing |
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1918 Elections – negative for Democrats |
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1918-11-11 at 11:00 |
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Armistice |
Armistice |
Armistice |
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1919 - general |
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Palmer Raids -
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War measures:
Prohibition (18th), Suffrage (19th) |
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1919-01-05 |
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Ger: guilt clause reparations |
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1919-07- 11 |
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Senate rejects
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Dueling tours by Wilson and the opposition |
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1919-09 |
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1920-03 -05 |
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Senate rejects;
finally war declared over by joint resolution |
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1920-11 |
Warren G. Harding
vs. James M. Cox
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Democrats:
as referendum Republicans:
as back to “normalcy” |
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Date |
Allies |
Central Powers |
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1914-08 |
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Ger: declares war on |
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Ger: invades |
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Br: declares war on Ger (Aug. 4) |
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c. = circa (about)
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Date |
US Exports to Br/Fr |
US Exports to Ger/AH |
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1914 |
c. $800M |
$169M |
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1916 |
c. $3B |
$116M |
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Date |
To Br/Fr |
To Ger/AH |
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1914 |
Loan $ 10M to Fr |
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1915-09 |
Loan $500M to
Fr/Br |
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1917 |
Bonds $2.75B |
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Date |
Br |
Fr |
Ger |
Ru |
US |
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1914 |
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900K |
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1915 |
73K D 240K W |
330K D 1M W |
170K D 680K W |
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Total |
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3.6M D |
113K D 51K war 62K disease |
$-a-year-men
Food
Administration (Herbert Hoover)
Railroads
administration - took over (G. McAdoo)
War Industries Board
(Bernard Baruch)
National War Labor Board
– set minimum wage
Committee on Public
Information (George Creel)
Espionage Act –
included “public criticism of the war”
Trading with the
Enemy Act - included use of
mails
Alien Act –
deportation for advocacy of anarchism, revolution
Sedition Act - about government/armed forces
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