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1914 | Clayton Antitrust Act GO ! |
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1914 | Federal Trade Commission Act GO ! |
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1914 | Weeks v. United States (evidence seized in violation of the Constitution cannot be admitted during a trial) |
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1914 | World War I begins GO ! |
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1914 | U.S. Marines occupy Veracruz, Mexico, intervening in civil war to protect American interests |
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1914 | Opening of the Panama Canal |
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1914 | Clayton Act prohibits some unfair treading practices |
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1914 | Federal Trade Comission Act GO ! |
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1914 | 18 August - President Wilson issues his "Proclamation of Neutrality" GO ! |
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1915 | Marines land in Haiti |
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1915 | 21 July - Wilson begins drafting a defence program for the U.S. |
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1916 | Adamson Railway Labor Act |
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1916 | The United States National Park Service is established |
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1916 | U.S. buys Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million |
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1916 | President Wilson re-elected with “he kept us out of war” slogan. GO ! |
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1916 | Partial home rule granted to the Philippines |
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1916 | Army Reorganization Bill |
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1916 | Expedition into Mexico |
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1916 | 15 March - Pershing starts pursuit of Villa into Mexico
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1916 | 3 June - National Defense Act authorises five-year expansion of US Army, but at the same time drastically limits size and authority of US War Department General Staff
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1917 | Lansing-Ishii Agreement |
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1917 | Puerto Rico is made a United States territory |
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1917 | U.S. enters World War I |
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1917 | Espionage Act |
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1917 | Committee on Public Information established |
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1917 | Trading with the Enemy Act |
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1917 | War Industries Board formed |
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1917 | 10 January - Allies state war objectives in response to Wilson's peace note of 18 December
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1917 | 3 February - US severs diplomatic relations with Germany
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1917 | 1 March - In US: Zimmermann Note released to press by State Department; Armed Ship Bill passes House
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1917 | 4 March - In US: Senate adjourns without passing Armed Ship Bill
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1917 | 20 March - Wilson's Cabinet votes unanimously for war
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1917 | 29 March - Wilson publicly calls for a national army to be "raised and maintained exclusively by selective draft"
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1917 | 2 April - Wilson delivers war address to Congress
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1917 | 4 April - The U.S. Senate votes 90-6 to enter World War I on Allied side |
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1917 | 6 April - US declares war on Germany |
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1917 | 8 April - Austria-Hungary breaks with United States
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1917 | 20 April - Turkey breaks with United States |
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1917 | 18 May - Selective Service Act signed by Wilson |
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1917 | 18 May - The Selective Service Act is signed by President Wilson |
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1917 | 15 June - In US: Espionage Act |
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1917 | 2 July - Pershing makes first request for a US army of 1,000,000 |
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1917 | 21 September - Gen. Tasker H. Bliss named Chief of Staff of the United States Army |
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1917 | 3 October - In US:War Revenue Act; graduated income tax authorized |
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1917 | 27 November - Supreme Allied War Council established at Versailles |
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1917 | 7 December - American declaration of War on Austria-Hungary |
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1918 | Sedition Act |
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1918 | 8 January - In US: Wilson's Fourteen Points speech to joint session of Congress GO ! |
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1918 | 25 January - Austria and Germany reject U.S. peace proposals |
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1918 | 11 February - In US: Wilson's Four Principles speech to joint session of Congress |
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1918 | 16 May - In US: Sedition Act, amendment to Espionage Act of 1917 |
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1918 | 25 May - German U-boats make their first appearance in US waters |
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1918 | 6 July - Wilson agrees to American intervention in Siberia |
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1918 | 10 August - 1st US Army organized under Pershing |
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1918 | 27 September - President Woodrow Wilson opens his
fourth Liberty Loan campaign to support men and
machines for World War I |
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1918 | 29 September - Bulgaria signs armistice |
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1918 | 3-4 October - Germans and Austrians send notes to Wilson requesting an armistice |
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1918 | 30 October - Turkey signs an armistice with the Allies |
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1918 | 3 November - Austria signs an armistice |
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1918 | 11 November - Germany signs armistice, it goes into effect at 11 AM |
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1918 | 18 November - Wilson announces that he will attend peace conference personally |
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1918 | 4 December - Woodrow Wilson leaves for Brest, France to
become the first American president to visit a foreign
country |
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1919 | Schenck v United States (in times of war the government may place reasonable limitations on freedom of speech - "clear and present danger") |
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1919 | Debs v. United States ("clear and present danger"/freedom of speech) |
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1919 | Versailles Treaty, incorporating Woodrow Wilson's draft Covenant of League of Nations, signed by Allies and Germany; rejected by U.S. Senate GO ! |
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1919 | 3 April - Wilson becomes sick with influenza |
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1919 | 28 June - Treaty of Versailles signed GO ! |
