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Great Migration timeframe
6 million African Americans move out of Southern US to urban Northwest, Midwest and West. The Great Migration ended January 1st, 1970. -
Wilson Presidency Term
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the US and the leader of the Progressive Movement. He served as president until January 1st, 1921. -
WW1
World War One also known as the Great War started in Europe and was global. Serbian nationalist Gavril Principe assassinated Franz Ferdinand who was the Archduke of Austria, in Sarajevo. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia one month later. The war ended November 11th, 1918. -
Lusitania
A British ocean liner sank during WW1. It was torpedoed and sank by a German submarine. -
Jeannette Rankin (first woman elected to congress)
Rankin campaigned for one of Montana's two at-large House seats in the congressional election of 1916 and was the first woman to hold national office. She was elected to the US House of Representatives by the state of Montana. -
Lenin led Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks which pushed for the Russian Revolution. The Russian Revolution ended October 26th 1917. -
Selective Service Act
The act required all men between the ages of 21 to 30 to register for the military conscription by national lottery. The age was later expanded to 18 to 45 year old men. It was then cancelled at the end of WW1. -
Espionage Act
It was an act that was originally made to stop/ prevent insubordination in the military and stop the support of the US’s enemies during a time of war -
Influenza (flu) epidemic
This pandemic infected over 500 million people across the world and killed nearly 50 to 100 million people. -
Wilson’s 14 points
Wilson’s 14 points was a list of principles that was used for peace negotiations in order to end WW1. -
Sedition Act
The Sedition Act prolonged the Espionage Act of 1917. -
Schenk vs US
Charles T Schenk produced a pamphlet that said the military draft was illegal. He was convicted under the Espionage Act due to Schenk trying to obstruct recruiting. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the "New Negro Movement" was an expression of culture that took place in New York and most urban areas of the Northeast and Midwest United States. It was considered the rebirth of African-American arts, -
US rejects League of Nations membership
League of Nations was founded on Jan 10th. The Americans rejected such because it was linked to the Treaty of Versailles and many Americans did not like the content in such due to many of Americans being recent immigrants who never wanted American to join the war in the first place. -
18th Amendment takes effect
This amendment prohibits distribution, production, and transport of alcoholic beverages in the United States. This amendment was eventually repealed in 1933. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
The treaty was signed by President Wilson, but Wilson then refused to bring the majority leader in the house. -
19th amendment
The amendment gave American women the right to vote. -
Teapot Dom Scandal
This Scandal took place in the United States. Albert Bacon Fall was convicted of accepting bribes from oil companies and was later sent to prison becoming the first Cabinet member to be sent to prison. -
St Valentine's Day Massacre
On Valentine's day 1929, 7 people were shot in a garage in Chicago around 10:30am. This bloody act was put together by Al Capone. This put the US in terror. It isn't known as the most notorious killing of the prohibition Era. -
Great Depression Begins
The Great Depression began after the stock market crashed in early October of 1929. It took out many investors. Many American's were unemployed and struggling throughout this time. The Great Depression finally came to an end around 1939.
