American Relections of World War I: The Great War

On April 6, 1917, the United States officially declared war on Germany and entered itself into the Great War. The Great War, or World War I, had begun in Europe during the summer of 1914 when a Serbian student terrorist assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungry. Many Americans had not even heard of Austria-Hungry, but it would soon change their lives and bring them into the most destructive war the world has ever seen. National pride and the ally system almost instantly drew several European nations to conflict. Eventually, the US under Woodrow Wilson would go from neutral, to joining the front lines, and eventually contributing to peace after the war.
On the morning of June 28, 1914, while traveling in a motorcade through Sarajevo, a Serbian terrorist assassinated the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungry. As a result, Austria-Hungary decided to punish Serbia and declared war on them. Russia got involved as it had an agreement to protect Serbia, and began to...