American History: Major Events In World War I

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1. American History is very interesting. It is extremely important to know and understand how we got to where we are today. Throughout the slides there is some of the major events in our history. The World War I also know as the Great War, was caused by militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism and much more. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand started everything (Greenspan, 2014). He was the Archduke of Austria. The United States entered the war in 1917. President Wilson went to request a declaration of war against Germany (America in the Great war). The Cold War was the war between the U.S and Soviet Union, Russia. They were the most powerful countries in the world so they became enemies. It was very different as other wars

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