The document provides details on several key events and factors related to World War 1:
- The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by Gavrilo Princip in 1914 sparked international tensions.
- Woodrow Wilson declared U.S. neutrality at the start of the war, hoping America could serve as an impartial mediator for peace.
- The main causes of WWI included militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism.
- America eventually entered the war in 1917 due to Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram.
- The U.S. mobilized for war through organizations like the War