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Sedition Act
One of the first tests of freedom of speech -
Wilson’s presidency term
Served 2 full terms of office and created League of Nations after WWI -
WWI
12 million letters were delivered to the frontline every week -
Lusitania
Sank in 18 minutes -
Great migration timeframe
Relocated more than 6 million African Americans -
Jeannette Rankin
She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1916 -
Selective Service Act
This act authorized the federal government to temporarily expand the military through conscription -
Espionage Act
Prohibited people from intentionally making false reports to interface with the success of the military -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
The Bolshevicks believed Lenin’s dictum that the Russian Revolution was to be the vanguard of a world socialist revolution -
Wilson’s 14 points
Was created to find a strategy to ending WWI -
Spanish flu
Infected around 500 million people -
Schenk vs. US
Was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act -
19th amendment
The right of citizens of the US to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the US -
Us senate rejects treaty of Versailles
Senate rejects treaty because president Wilson Woodrow failed to take senators objections to the agreement into consideration -
Terrorist attack in 1920.
A horse-drawn cart carrying a massive, improvised explosive was detonated on the busiest corner on Wall Street -
Mass media was born
The first commercially licensed radio station began broadcasting live results of the presidential election -
Teapot dome scandal
Convicted people of accepting bribes from the oil companies -
The Lincoln Memorial
It was dedicated to Washington D.C. -
Invention of the TV
First success in the invention of television occurs by American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth -
Mount Rushmore begins
Work on the gigantic sculpture at Mount Rushmore begins