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Lusitania set sail
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Great Migration
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Wilsons Presidency Term
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WW1 Timeframe
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First woman elected into Congress (Rankin)
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US rejects League of Nations membership
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Selective Service Act Ends
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Espionage Act Law is Passed
The act was passed shortly after World War 1 began. The act itself was based on the Defense Secrets Act of 1911, especially when the ideas of obtaining or delivering information similar to national defense. This law imposed more severe and harsh penalties. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party. There were 2 Revolutions that swept through Russia which ended centuries of imperial rule. It set in motion political and social changes that led the formation of the Soviet Union. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
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Wilsons 14 Points
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Influenza (flu) Epidemic
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Sedition Act Passed
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Schenk vs. US
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US Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles
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Prohibition
This was a constitutional ban nationwide on the production of importing, selling, and transportation of alcohol. Man-dated and established the 18th amendment and ended with the ratification of the 21st amendment. It ran a national grass root based in many Unions. -
Steel Strike Ends
Attempted by the Almagamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. They tried to organize the United States Steel Industry In the wake of WW1. Many of the steelworkers expected their wartime gains to continue. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote, this right was often known as women suffrage. Women did not have a lot of the same rights as males like married women could not own property, no legal claim to any money that they would earn. Women were expected to work around the house, and watch the children. -
Too much Cotton
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Charlie Chaplin in the Gold Rush
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Stock Market Collapse
This was not the main reason for the Great Depression but it did increase the global economic collapse.
