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Wilson's Presidency term
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician, lawyer, and academic who served as the 28th president (Democrat) of the United States from 1913 to 1921. -
WW1 timeframe
World War 1 began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (leader of Austria). Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States. It ended in 1918 and the allies (Great Britain, France, U.S.) defeated the central powers. -
Lusitania
The Lusitania was a British ocean liner that sunk due to a German boat---killing 1,198 crew and passengers. This caused the U.S. to join the war because there were Americans on the boat that were killed. -
First women elected to Congress
Jeannette Rankin of Montana was the first woman to ever be elected into Congress. She pledged to work for a constitutional woman suffrage amendment and emphasizing social issues. -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was a movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Lenin publishes his April Theses condemning the Provisional Government for its incapacity to call an end to the "imperialist" war that Russia found itself in and calls for further revolution in Russia. -
Selective Service Act
The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. Within a few months, some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft. -
Espionage Act
The purpose of the Espionage Act was to prohibit interference with military operations, to ban support of U.S. enemies during wartime or to promote insubordination in the military -
Influenza (flu) epidemic
The 1918 influenza pandemic was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus, with the second being the swine flu in 2009. -
Wilson's 14 points
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. -
Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918 made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States." -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
The Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I, in part because President Woodrow Wilson had failed to take senators' objections to the agreement into consideration. -
18th amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution established the prohibition of "intoxicating liquors" in the United States. -
Schenck vs. US
Schenck vs U.S. was a legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 3, 1919, that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” -
19th amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. -
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding. -
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. -
Babe Ruth Hits 60th Home Run
New York Yankees star Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own record of 59. Ruth's record will stand for more than 30 years. -
Mickey Mouse is born
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie premieres, introducing the world to a new animated character: Mickey Mouse.
