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WW1
World War 1 started on July 28th 1914 and ended on November 11th 1918. It started after the assassination of Archduke Franz Fernidad. Included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States. -
WW1
World War 1 started on July 28th 1914 and ended on November 11th 1918. It started after the assassination of Archduke Franz Fernidad. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States -
Lusitania
RMS Lusitania, British ship that sunk by a German boat. It killed almost 2,000 passengers. The US declared war on Germany 2 years later -
Lusitania
British boat that sunk in May 1915 by a German boat killed about 2,000 passengers. Led to US declaring war on Germany -
Rankin
Rankin was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916, and again in 1940. -
Great Migration
Led about 6 million African Americans out of the South to the East. Happened in 1916 and 1970 -
Selective Service Act
May 18th, Wilson signed into the law Selective Service act. Required all men 21-30 to register for millitary. -
Espionage Act
Crime for any person to convey info intended to interfere with US military, could be prosecuted if trying to help enemies -
Selective Service Act
Congress passed bill, Wilson signed it in law, all men ages 21-30 register for military service. -
Espionage Act
Made it a crime for any person to show info to help enemies against the US -
Schenck vs US
Schenck v. United States was a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I. -
Lenin
During the Russian Revolution, Lenin seized power and destroyed the tradition of rule. -
Sedition Act
The act made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States" or to "willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of the production" of the things "necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war." -
Sedition Act
1918 made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States" or to "willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of the production" of the things "necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war." -
Wilson 14 points
He used that as a statement to try to make peace with the countries at the end of WW1. -
Influenza
The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. ... It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world's population became infected with this virus. -
US Senate
Senate rejects Treaty which formally ends WW1 because President Wilson doesnt take into consideration the Senators protest. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations was founded in January 1920 in order to mediate international disputes before they rose to the level of another world war. While President Wilson had been instrumental in creating the League, the United States never actually joined it. In fact, nine days after its establishment, the U.S. Senate officially voted against joining. -
Illegal to sell alcohol
The 18th amendment to the Constitution, which banned the sale of “intoxicating liquors,” went into effect on January 16, 1920. While Prohibition, as it was known, closed down every tavern, bar, and saloon in the United States and took liquor off the shelves of every store, it didn’t stop Americans from drinking. -
Edith Wilson
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a debilitating stroke—but the government felt it was in the country’s best interest to keep things quiet. The public didn’t learn about the stroke for months, during which time his wife, Edith Wilson, was making most executive decisions. Historians now say that Mrs. Wilson was effectively the U.S. President during the remainder of Wilson’s term, which means that a woman was running the country throughout 1920. -
Teapot dome scandal
Leasing federal oil reserves by secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall -
Teapot dome scandal
Secretly leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall -
President Wilson
He served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. -
Rankin
Rankin was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916, and again in 1940.
