US History
1. World War 1 began July 28, 1914 because of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary. The war was fought between two groups of allies, the allies included Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and United States. The central powers were Germany and Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
2. The United States entered the war April 6, 1917, because Germany went against their pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean.
3. World War 1 ended on November 11, 1918, because of the Versailles Treaty.
4. On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war. The United States did not sign the treaty, however, because it objected to its terms, specifically, the high price that Germany was to pay for its role as aggressor. Instead, the U.S. negotiated its own settlement with Germany in 1921.
5. Could World War have been avoided, of so how? Why is World War I also called "the Great War"?
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