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Sedation Act
An act of the United states congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech, and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light. -
Wisons Presidency term
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 and leader of the Progressive Movement. -
WW1 timeframe
World War 1, also known as The Great War, was a global was originating in Europe.
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Great Migration Timeframe
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1910 and 1970. Blacks moved from 14 states of the South, especially Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
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Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that a German submarine sank in World War 1. -
First Woman Elected to Congress
Four years after Jeannette Rankin of Montana was elected to the house of representatives in 1916, women won the right to vote. -
Lenin Led a Russian Revoloution
The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II.
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Espionage Act
United States federal law passed after the U.S. entry into world war 1. -
Selective Service Act
Authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entity into World War 1 through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
Influenza epeidemic
An influenza pandemic is an epidemic of an influenza virus that spreads on a worldwide scale and infects a large proportion of the human population. In contrast to the regular seasonal epidemics of influenza, these pandemics occur irregularly, with the 1918 Spanish flu the most serious pandemic in recorded history. -
Wilson's 14 points
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson. -
Schenk vs. US
Schenk v. United States, is a United States Supreme Court case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I. -
U.S. Rejects Leauge of Nations Membership
The senate spurned the Treaty Of Versailles that had ended World War 1, and provided for a new world body. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. -
US senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
The Senate rejected the Treaty in March 19, 1920 President Wilson did sign the Treaty of Versailles, but he had foolishly refused to bring Representatives and Senators. -
Insulin
Insulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. When control of insulin levels fails, diabetes mellitus will result. In 1921, North America had serious diabetes problems but no one can find out the preventions and treatments. In 1922, Canadian medical researchers found out that insulin is the treatment and this discovery saved millions of lives. -
Opening og the Yankee staduim
Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees, one of the city's Major League Baseball franchises, from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. -
First Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held on November 27th, 1924. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual event featuring imaginative floats and spectacular pageantry making it one of America's favorite holiday extravaganzas. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was October 29, 1929, the day the New York Stock Exchange crashed. Lots of people wanted to get rich immediately, so they invested a lot of money in the stock market. But the market crashed and everyone lost everything, this day was called the ‘Black Tuesday’. This event played a big role in Canada’s economic downturn -
Five Cent Speech
Mackenzie King made a speech that the problem of Social Welfare was the responsibility of the provinces. He said that he will not give a "five cent piece" to anybody who lost their jobs in a province without a Liberal Government hence the name of the speech. This speech was one of the reasons why the Liberals lost the elections to the Conservatives. Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett replaced Mackenzie King.
