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Wilson’s Presidency term
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World War 1
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Lusitania
British ocean liner that was sunk by a German U-Boat killing 1,198 people on board. -
Jeanette Rankin
First women to be elected to the House of Representatives. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Russian Lawyer, and revolutionary, took over Russia in 1917. -
Espionage Act
Illegal or any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution. -
Selective Service Act
Act required all men between 21 and 30 to register for military service. -
Sedition Act
A crime to print, write or publish any disloyalty to the United States Government. -
Influenza (flu) epidemic
The Flu virus spread rapidly around the world. -
Wilson’s 14 points
Principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
Wilson failed to take senators objections to the agreement into consideration. -
Schenck vs. US
Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” -
The Great Migration
A large Migration of African Americans from the south to the north. -
Olympics
Summer Olympics take place in Antwerp, Belgium -
19th Amendment
Amendment gave women the right to vote. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Bribery scandal involving the administration of US President Warren G. Harding. -
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi preached for mass civil disobedience. -
Great Gatsby Published
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
The first SAT
Carl Brigham invents the SAT, gives it to freshman at Princeton, and applicants applying to Copper Union (Technical School) -
Iron Lung
First Iron Lung made to help polio patients breathe.
