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Sedition act
An act that made writing anything false or scandalous about the government illegal -
The Great Migration
African Americans started to migrate away from the south -
Woodrow Wilson presidency
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States -
WW1 time frame
It started in 1914 and ended in 1918 -
Selective Service Act
Congress passed the SSA acted on may 1917 -
Year of first woman elected to congress (Rankin)
She was a republican and born in 1880 -
Espionage act
The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
On November 6 and 7, 1917 leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the Duma's provisional government -
influenza epidemic
The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people -
Woodrow Wilson’s 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 -
Lusitania
The ship was blown up by a German U-boat torpedo -
US senate rejects the treaty of versailles
The Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I, in part because President Woodrow Wilson had failed to take senators' objections to the agreement into consideration. -
Schenck vs US
Schenck was charged with conspiring to violate espionage act of 1917 -
the 19th amendment
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote -
Teapot Dome Scandal
A scandal about a private oil company while president Warren G was in Office -
The 1926 Super Bowl
The packers beat the giants -
New York Celtics win the NBA finals
They won the series 4-0 against the Fort Wayne Hoosiers -
The Queen's Messenger
On of Television's first drama called The Queen's Messenger was aired -
MLK was born
He was a activist for civil rights -
Queen Elizabeth was born
She was queen from 1952 until 2022