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Wilson’s Presidency term
28th president of the United States. He led the United States into world war 1, establishing an activist foreign policy known as “Wilsonism”. Wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against Germany after Germany implemented a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. -
WWI timeframe
WWI started in 1914 and ended in 1918. The cause of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. It was one of the largest wars, and also one of the most deadly conflicts. Many treaty’s were signed during this time period. -
Lusitania
British ocean liner that sank on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passengers and crew. Lusitania was briefly the worlds largest passenger ship until Mauretania. -
Great migration timeframe
It was a movement of 6 million African Americans. It was caused primarily by the poor economic conditions as well as the prevalent racial segregation and discrimination in the southern states where Jim Crow laws were upheld. After the great migration African American population became more urbanized. -
Year of first women elected to Congress
Jeannette Rankin was the first women elected into congress. She was republican. Women have been elected to the U.S House of Representatives from 46 of the 50 states. 325 women have served in the US House. -
Selective service act
This act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in world war 1 through conscription. The guidelines of this act was that all males 18-30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. -
Lenin lead a Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin was a Russian communist who rose to prominence during the Russian revolution, one of the most explosive political events of the twentieth century. Lenin wanted Russian defeat in world war 1. Russia entered war against Germany but quickly found themselves with more casualties than Germany. -
Esponiage Act
Federal law, shortly after entry into world war 1. It was intended to prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent th support of United States enemies during wartime. -
Influenza (flu epidemic)
Most severe pandemic in recent history. It is estimated that one third of the worlds population became infected with the virus. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. It was first identified in the United States in military personnel. -
Wilson’s 14 points
The 14 points were statements of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end world war 1. Wilson’s proposal called for allies to set unselfish peace terms with the vanquished central powers of world war 1, including freedom of the seas, the restoration of territories conquered during the war and the right to national self determination in such contentious regions as the Balkans. -
Sedition act
Extended the esponiage act, to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the scale of government bonds. -
Schenck vs US
It was a landmark surpreme court case concerning enforcement of the esponiage act. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr concluded that defendants who distributed flyers to draft-age men, urging resistance to induction, could be convicted of an attempt to obstruct the draft, a criminal defense. -
Us senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
Wilson personally negotiated the treaty following world war 1, promoting his vision for system of collective security enforced by a League of Nations. Democrats supported the treaty but republicans were divided. -
19th amendment
This amendment allows women to have the right to vote. Several attempts to pass women’s suffrage amendement failed. The 19th amendment impacted 26 million American women in time for the 1920 us presidential election. Shortly after the 19th amendment, Alice Paul part of the National Women’s Party began to work on the equal rights amendment. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
It was a bribery scandal involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Teapot Dome was considered the “greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics.” Albert Bacon Fall was convicted of accepting bribes from oil companies and was the first presidential cabinet member to go to prison. -
The Great Kanto earthquake
This earthquake struck the main Japanese Island of Honshu. It had a magnitude of 7.9. It was caused by the rupture of part of the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate along the line of the Sagami Trough. -
First Winter Olympics
It was held in Chamonix, France. 258 athletes competed. The Games were organized by the French Olympic Committee -
First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy’s employees dressed as clowns, cowboys, and other fun costumes, and traveled with Central Park zoo animals and creative floats six miles. The parade was meant to draw attention to the Macy’s stores in NYC. Attracts more than 3.5 million people each year. -
First New Yorker magazine published
The magazine was famous for literary fare and humor. The founder was Harold W. Ross and he was the magazines editor until he died in 1951. The main focus was New York’s amusement and social and cultural life, but it went onto be more than that. They then talked literature and current affairs. -
SATS first invented
They were invented by Carl Campbell Brigham. At the start of WWI he joined the army to administer the army mental tests to us army recruits. After the war was over he joined Princeton and began working on adapting the army mental tests for use in college admissions. He then made his own test called the “Princeton Test” which he than later made the SAT for college board.
