Interactive Timeline – 1913-1920

correct incorrect Mar Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as president

correct incorrect Apr U.S. naval force occupies Mexican port of Veracruz after "insult" to flag

correct incorrect Aug Wilson issues neutrality declaration, allows nonmilitary trade with warring nations

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jun Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated in Bosnia, sparking crisis among European rivals

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Aug World War I begins in Europe as Allies confront Central Powers

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Aug Panama Canal opens

correct incorrect Jul U.S. Marines occupy Haiti and remain until 1934

correct incorrect THE WORLD: May British passenger liner Lusitania sunk by German U-boat, killing over 1,000, including more than 100 Americans

correct incorrect Mar Pancho Villa attacks several U.S. towns along Mexican border

correct incorrect Mar Gen. John J. Pershing leads punitive military expedition into Mexico to catch Villa; leads to U.S.–Mexican confrontation

correct incorrect May U.S. Marines occupy Dominican Republic until 1924

correct incorrect Nov Wilson reelected president in close contest with slogan "He Kept Us Out of War"

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Massive slaughter on western and eastern battlefronts in Europe

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Abortive mediation efforts by private Americans and Wilson administration

correct incorrect Jan Zimmerman Telegram sent by German government to Mexico proposing joint war against United States

correct incorrect Feb German navy resumes unrestricted submarine warfare against U.S. ships supplying Allies

correct incorrect Mar U.S. merchant ships sunk by U-boats with loss of American lives

correct incorrect Apr U.S. Congress declares war on Germany, endorsing Wilson's call to make the world "safe for democracy"; federal agencies established to regulate agricultural and industrial production and transportation

correct incorrect May–Jul East St. Louis race riots

correct incorrect Jun Espionage Act passed, restricting antiwar speech and activities

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Mar Russian Czar Nicholas overthrown by moderate democratic reformers

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Nov Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, seize power in Russia

correct incorrect Jan Wilson issues Fourteen Points peace plan directed at Germany, Allies, Bolsheviks, and colonial peoples

correct incorrect Nov Republicans win midterm congressional elections

correct incorrect Nov Armistice signed, ending fighting in Europe; Allied blockade of Germany continues along with anti-Communist effort in Russia

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Feb Bolsheviks sign Brest-Litovsk treaty with Germany and quit war

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Mar Global influenza pandemic begins

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jul Allied armies, joined by the United States, begin military intervention in Russia that lasts into 1920

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Oct–Nov German kaiser abdicates and German civilian government seeks cease fire

correct incorrect Jan Paris Peace Conference, attended by President Wilson, begins with Germany and Bolsheviks excluded

correct incorrect Jan Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) ratified

correct incorrect Jul Chicago race riots

correct incorrect May–Jun Anarchist bombings in United States promote conservative backlash

correct incorrect Jun Peace treaty ending Great War signed at Versailles despite Wilson's misgivings

correct incorrect Sep Elaine, Arkansas, race riots

correct incorrect Nov Palmer Raids against radicals begin with roundup of several thousand immigrants

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Chinese May Fourth movement rallies patriots against Allied decision to give Japan control of former German-held territory in China

correct incorrect Mar U.S. Senate rejects Versailles Treaty by failing to muster two-thirds vote

correct incorrect Aug Nineteenth Amendment ratified, giving women right to vote

correct incorrect Sep Wall Street bombing kills dozens

correct incorrect Nov Republican Warren G. Harding elected president with pledge to restore "normalcy"