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Wilson’s Presidency Term
Served in office and led America through World War I. He was an advocate for democracy and world peace. -
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WW1
The 1st World War, also known as the Great War. -
Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a british ocean liner that was sunk by a German U- boat off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passangers and the crew.There sinking presaged the US declaration of war on Germany two years later. -
Year of first woman elected to Congress (Rankin
A Republican from Montana, she was the first woman elected to Congress. -
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Great Migration
A movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern U.S. to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution across the territory of the Russian Empire, commencing with the abolition of the monarchy in 1917. -
Selective Service Act
An act authorized by the US federal government requiring all men in US between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. -
Espionage Act1
The Espionage Act made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort to promote the success of the country’s enemies. -
Influenza (Flu) Epidemic
The 1918 influenza pandemic (also known as the Spanish Flu), was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic -
Wilson’s 14 Points
A statement of principals for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end WW1. -
Sedition Act
One of the first test of freedom of speech, that the house passed, permitting the deportation, fine or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false or scandalous writing”. -
WWI ends
Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. -
The U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
For the first time, the Senate rejected a peace treaty. By a vote of 39 to 55, far short of the required two-thirds majority, the Senate denied consent to the Treaty of Versailles. -
Schenck v. U.S.
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I. -
The “Lost Generation” began its transformation of American literature.
In 1920, the “Lost Generation” expatriate writers who lived in Europe following World War I became a force in American literature. -
The Mass media was born
In November 1920, the first commercially-licensed radio station began broadcasting live results of the presidential election. -
Babe Ruth was one of the famous person alive
Baseball Player and unofficial King of New York. -
Steel Strike Ends
The Chicago mills gave in at the end of October. By the end of November, workers were back at their jobs in Gary, Johnstown, Youngstown and Wheeling. -
19th Amendment
The prohibition of the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the U.S. no matter the sex. (Women get the right to vote) -
Teapot Dome Scandal
A bribery scandal involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.
