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Lusitania
The Lusitania was an RMS boat that was torpedoed and sank by a German U-boat. -
First women elected into congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin,from the state of Montana, was the first women elected to the US House of Representatives. -
Lenin Russian Revolution
Vlademir Lenin led a violent that marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule. -
Great Migration
African Americans migrated from the south to the north in the attempt for new opportunity and to escape racism. About 6 million migrated.1915-1970 -
Selection Service Act
It let the US states federal government to raise a national army for service in WW1. -
Espionage Act
It was suppose to prohibit interefernace with military operations and recruitment. To prevent insubordination in the military and the support of the United States enemies in wartime. -
Infulenza epidemic
It killed 50 millions people which was a Fifth of the worlds population. The epidemic was caused by two illness one being the swine flu. -
Sedition Act
It extended the espionage act of 1917 to cover more offenses. To those who spoke negatively about the war or the sale of goverment bonds. -
WW1 timeline
It was the war to end all wars that started in Europe. It started in 1914 and ended in 1918 -
Wilson’s 14 points
President Wilson proposed a 14 point program of world peace to end WW1. -
Schenck ve US
It ended in a unanimous vote in the Supreme Court. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. came to the conclusion that defendants who distributed filers to draftable applicants, urging them not to go into ware, would be convicted for a criminal offense. -
Seattle General Strick
In February 1919 there was a 5 day general work stoppage in Seattle, Washington. They started the strike for high wages after two year of WW1 wage controls. -
US senate rejects the Treaty of Veraillies
They rejected it based on the League of Nations. -
Palmer Raids
A series of raids conducted in November of 1919 and January 1920. It was used to capture and arrest suspected leftists. -
19th Amendment
The amendment gave the women the right to vote. It gave all citizens the right to vote by any state on the account of sex. -
Teapot Scandal
In 1921 to 1923 the scandal involved the administration of US President Warren G. Harding in bribery. -
Woodrow Wilson’s term
Wilson’s term was was form March 4th 1913 to March 4th 1921 -
The Great Gatsby
In 1925 The Great Gatsby was published. -
Stock market collapse
The stock market crashed which set the Great Depression in affect in 1929. -
Mickey Mouse!!
Walt Disney released steamboat Willie introducing the very famous Mickey Mouse
