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Lusitania
The Lusitania was a British Ocean Liner that was sunk by a German ship off the coast of Ireland and killed 1,200 people. -
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Wilson's Presidency Term
Democratic president who was in charge during the Great War. -
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World War 1
Also called the Great War, this was a war where many people lost their lives and various alliances were formed. -
Jeannette Rankin elected to congress
Rankin was the first woman to hold federal office. She was a Republican from Montana and she was elected both in 1916 and again in 1940. -
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The Great Migration
The movement of 6 million African Americans from the rural south to the north. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of czarist rule and later became the communist party of the Soviet Union. -
Selective Service Act
Passed into law by Wilson. Ordered all men in the U.S. from ages 21-30 to register for military service. -
Espionage Act
Act meant to prohibit interference with military operations and to ban support of U.S. enemies during wartime. -
Influenza Pandemic
Influenza, "The Spanish Flu," was an unusually deadly pandemic that was spread to many different parts of the world and took many lives. -
Wilson's 14 Points
Woodrow Wilson's statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I -
Sedition Act
This act extended the Espionage Act to cover a broader range of offenses, like speech and the expression of opinion that conveyed the government/ war effort in a negative light. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
By the US rejecting the Treaty of Versailles, World War 1 was formally ended. -
Schenck vs U.S.
Case ruled that freedom of speech is restricted in the case that dangerous words were spoken during WW1. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment allowed suffrage for women and allowed both genders to vote. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
A bribery scandal involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
Emergency Quota Act
This was a national quota system on the amount of incoming immigrants established by the U.S. Congress. It was the first numerical limits on how many immigrants could come. -
Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act, signed by President Calvin Coolidge, granted citizenship to all Native Americans that had been born within the territory of the United States. -
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The Great Mississippi Flood
This flood was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States. 27,000 square miles were inundated up to a depth of 30 feet. -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean -
The 1929 Stock Market Crash
When post war prosperity ended, the plummeting stock prices turned into losses, totaling in an estimate of $50 billion. This crash led to the Great Depression.
