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British ocean liner that was sunk by a German U-Boat off the coast of Ireland, killing 1,198
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African Americans moved to northern states.
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Punishes acts of interference with foreign relations and enforces criminal laws in the US.
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All men aged 21-30 must register for military service.
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Lenin launched a coup against the provisional government because he wanted a soviet government, Lenin became dictator of the world’s first communist state.
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Made it a crime to “willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the US government.
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500 million people were infected by the flu, and 50 million people died.
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A statement of principles that were to be used for negotiations about peace. Congress declined because of fear that the us wouldn’t be a world power anymore.
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Charles Schenck and Elizabeth Baer printed and mailed over 15,000 fliers to men during ww1 encouraging them by saying “do not submit to intimidation” and “assert your rights”. The criminal conviction against Schenck was constitutional because of the Espionage Act.
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The Senate rejected the treaty because President Wilson failed to take the senators' objections into consideration.
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Prohibits the states and the federal government from denying citizens the right to vote based on sex.
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The New York Giants defeated the New York Yankees.
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The secret leasing of federal oil reserves in CA and Teapot Dome, WY.
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40,000 Ku Klux Klan members marched on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Signified the start of the Great Depression.
