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Woodrow Wilson’s presidency
He was an American politician, lawyer, and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. He was voted for president because he kept America out of the WW1, until his last terms. -
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WW1
The war to end all wars, in which originated in Europe. It is known for the extensive system of trenches in which soldies, from both sides, fought. In which the ones who fought were the triple entente against the triple alliance. This war brought many casualties, estimated to be about 40 million. -
Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passengers and crew. -
Year of the first woman elected to Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate, and the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. -
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Great migration
The movement of 6 million African-Americans going to the urban north in search for a better life. -
Selective Service Act
All men, between ages 21 and 30 to be drafted for military service. Law signed by Wilson. -
Espionage act
Prohibits interference with military operations, such as leaking information that may affect the military. Also bans support of U.S. enemies. -
Lenin led Russian Revolution
Led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin, leftist revolutionaries launch a nearly bloodless coup d’État against Russia’s ineffectual Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in the Russian capital of Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) and within two days had formed a new government with Lenin as its head. Bolshevik Russia, later renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was the world’s first Marxist state. -
Influenza epidemic
The influenza (Spanish flu) pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet's population—and killed an estimated 20 million to 50 million victims, including some 675,000 Americans. -
The 14 points
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. Woodrow Wilson gained a Nobel a prize for one of the points, which was how there would be sort of League of Nations. Yet, he was never successful in putting them into action, because it was rejected. -
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Sedition act
This act expanded upon the espionage act, to essentially cover a moar broad range of offenses. It also shrouded upon the negative opinions of war, which was hot topic back then. -
Schenck vs US
A Supreme Court case concerning the espionage act violating the first amendment. The court decided otherwise, It said that the civil liberties might be limited during wartime. The espionage act was ruled constitutional, bringing this case to a close. -
Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
In 1919, for the first time, the Senate rejected a peace treaty. The United States never ratified the Treaty of Versailles, nor did it join the League of Nations. In 1921 Congress approved resolutions formally ending hostilities with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian government. -
19th amendment
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Teapot Dome scandal
a bribery incident which took place in the United States in 1922-1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome to private oil companies, without competitive bidding, at low rates. In 1922 and 1923, the leases became the subject of a sensational investigation. Fall was later convicted of accepting bribes from the oil companies -
The Gold Rush film
A silent film acted by Charlie Chaplin, a famous actor, FileMaker, and composer. The Gold Rush’s premise is: inexperienced would-be goldminers in "dire straits" go north to scrounge for treasure in an Alaskan mine. -
The Big Parade
A silent WW1 drama indie film directed by king Vidor, in which a young man sees with his own eyes the horrors of the Great War. -
The weary blues
A famous poem by Langston Hughes, that depicts many meanings. It could interpreted as a man who failed to master the art of the blues and suicided. It makes interesting by leaving some blanks that make you interpret its true meaning. This is truly a masterpiece to be analyzed from different points of view. -
American Gothic
A painting made by a Grant wood. This painting is very famous for being controversial on the fact thtat it showed the narrowed mindness of the midwestern culture. It is said that it was done in a satirical matter, but that has not been proven. -
Harlem
A painting made Edward Burra, representing the streets of Harlem from a black man’sperspective/point of view. It shows how black men and women were not discouraged by the war, but as if been reborn.
