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The Course of the War
I. United States Enters the War
A. Neutral nation
B. Impatience with Germany
Lusitania Warning
The Zimmerman Note
II. The United States Enters the War
C. Congress declared war on April 6, 1917
1. Wilson: “The War to End All Wars”
2. Known as The Great War
III. Russia Exits the War
A. Russians are Disillusioned
B. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
IV. The End of the War
A. New German Offensive
B. German Collapse
IV. The End of the War
C. November 1918
1. November 9 - Kaiser Wilhelm II
abdicates
2. November 11
a. New German Republic agreed to an
armistice
b. later they sign a treaty for
unconditional surrender