Events
Murder of Archduke Franz FerdinandUSA: 1500 women march down 5th Avenue to protest the warUSA Declaration of NeutralityWilson almost fires Army General StaffTrade with Allies=3.2 billion
Trade with Central Powers=32 millionAllies debts to the US=7 billion
+Peace settlement= 10.5 billionAnti-war Texas Representative
Jeff McLemore introduced a resolution
to band citizens from ships with contraband
cargo. Wilson: "No"USA: National Defense Act:
Army enlarged , State militias and National
Guard placed under the President, JROTC created
Naval Expansion Act:
Boat building, more ships all around
Marine Merchant Act:
Regulations for cargo ships
World: March 1916 Sussex PledgeUSA: Lever Food Act and Fuel Control Act, and Espionage Act
Canada: Compulsory Services Act and Wartime Elections ActNational War Labor Board createdUSA: Sedition Act created
Canada: Military Voters Act, Prohibition1917: Canada Imperial War Council created
1 April 1917: Committee on Public Information created
July 1917: War Industries Board CreatedPan-American Financial Conference
Massive demand for nitrates increases
Chilean exports. Latin American
economies are recoveringCuba, Panama, and Brazil declare war on Germany
America declares war on Germany April 1917Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Haiti,
and Honduras declare war on Germany
5 April 1918: Brazilian ship Parana is sunk
causing anti-German riotsCanada experiences poison gas
Lusitania Sinks May 1915WW1 endsAugust 4 1914 Canada declares war on GermanyPeriods
German Naval Blockade
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