Major Events

Chapter 30 · 1914–1919

Wilson declares American neutrality

1914

RMS Lusitania sunk by a German U-boat

1915

Germany issues the Sussex pledge

1916

Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare

1917

The Zimmermann Telegram is intercepted

1917

The United States declares war on Germany

1917

Selective Service Act and Espionage Act passed

1917

The Sedition Act further restricts wartime dissent

1918

Wilson announces the Fourteen Points

1918

American forces fight in the Meuse-Argonne offensive

1918

Armistice ends the fighting on the Western Front

1918

Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles and the League

1919–1920