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presidency of Woodrow Wilson
28th president of the US. Ran America through ww1 -
WW1
global conflict lasting 4 years
use joined in in 1917 -
The sinking of the lusitania
lusitania was a British ocean liner that Was sunk be a German boat. -
frist women accepted into office
jeannette rankin was sworn into the HOP> -
the great migration
movement of 6 million african Americans out of southern US -
Lenins Russian revolution
served as the head government of soviet Russia from 1917-1924 -
selective service act
Act required for all men ages 21-30 to register for military service. -
espionage act
The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation. -
influenza pandemic
An influenza pandemic is an epidemic of an influenza virus that spreads across a large region (either multiple continents or worldwide) and infects a large proportion of the population. -
Wilsons 14 points
proposal made by Wilson to end WW1 -
sedition act
In one of the first tests of freedom of speech, the House passed the Sedition Act, permitting the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the United States. -
Schenck vs Us
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47, was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I. A unanimous Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice 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 offense. -
senate rejects treaty of Versailles
On March 19, 1920, the United States Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles, by a vote of 49-35, falling seven votes short of a two-thirds majority needed for approval. The Treaty of Versailles was a formal peace treaty between the World War I Allies and Germany. -
19th amendment
Nineteenth Amendment, amendment (1920) to the Constitution of the United States that officially extended the right to vote to women. Women casting their votes in New York City, c. 1920s. -
summer olympics of 1920
US won 41 gold, 27 silver, 27 bronze. -
negro national league
League history The second Negro National League was established in 1933 by Gus Greenlee, an African-American businessman of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, two years after the first Negro National League (NNL) had disbanded, after the start of the Great Depression. The second NNL lasted until 1948, the year after Major League Baseball integrated. -
teapot dome scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. -
babe ruth record
broke the previous home run record by 1. -
ford motor company
the market capitalization exceeds 1million -
klansmen march
40,000 klutz klux clan members march on Washington