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Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. He was part of the Democratic Party. -
WW1 timeframe
A war against the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers). It lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. -
Lusitania
The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was “owned by the Cunard Line and was first launched in 1906.” And was sunk by a German torpedo. It’s saying within 20 minutes killing many many people. -
The Great Migration
The great Migration was the movement of 6 million African Americans from the South that traveled to the North and West. between 1916 and 1970. -
Year of first woman elected to Congress (Rankin)
Jeannette Rankin was a suffrage leader and pacifist Who became the first woman to be elected into congress. She was the only Member of Congress to “vote against the entrance to World War I and World.” -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin was a “Russian communist revolutionary and head of the Bolshevik Party who rose to prominence during the Russian Revolution of 1917.” He argued that war was the natural result of international capitalism. -
The Selective Service Act
The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act required all men in the “U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service.” -
The Espionage Act
The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited “obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense” and sharing information to disrupt U.S. military and US enemies. -
Influenza flu epidemic
Influenza was a outbreak of a deadly and severe virus. (“It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.”) -
Wilson’s 14 points
The Fourteen Points were a proposal for ending World War I in a way that would prevent such a “conflagration from occurring again” made by Woodrow Wilson. -
Sedition Act
The Sedition Act permitted the “deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing” false writing and information against the government. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the formal peace treaty that ended World War I between the Allies and Germany. The Congress believed that they were giving up too much power so instead passed the Knox–Porter Resolution to formally end the war. -
Schenck vs. US
Charles T. Schenck was general secretary of the U.S. Socialist Party, who “opposed the implementation of a military draft in the country” This legal case resulted in 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.” -
Mass Media
The first commercially-licensed radio station broadcasted the presidential election results. Radios were used to transmit pictures visible as television. -
The League of Nations was established
The League of Nations was an “international diplomatic group developed after World War I” they were meant to solve disputes between countries before they blew out into another war. -
19th amendment
“ The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal was also known as the Oil Reserves Scandal or Elk Hills Scandal. This scandal was about a “secret leasing of federal oil reserves.” Albert Bacon Fall had been leasing by being bribed by oil tycoons Edward L. Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair. Fall. -
Movie making
The first sound on film motion picture Phonofilm is show in the “Rivoli Theatre in New York City by Lee de Forest.“ -
Winter Olympics
The first ever Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
