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CHAPTER

24 Section 1 War Breaks Out in Europe

World War I 1914–1920 1914–1920

This photograph shows a battlefield view of trench warfare during World War I.

Section 2 America Joins the Fight Section 3 Life on the Home Front Section 4 The Legacy of World War I

The soldiers “go over the top” and charge the enemy lines.

August 15, 1914 U.S.-built Panama Canal officially opens. USA World

November 7, 1916 Woodrow Wilson is reelected president.

1914 June 28, 1914 Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I.

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May 7, 1915 Many Americans die as a German U-boat sinks Lusitania.

February – December, 1915 Allies and Central Powers clash at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire.

July– November, 1916 French, British, and Germans suffer huge losses at the Battle of the Somme.