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Presidency of Woodrow Wilson
The 28th president of the USA from 1913 to 1921. He took place in WW1. -
World war 1
USA joined ww1 in 1917 -
The Lusitania Sank
The British boat, Lusitania, got sunk by a German boat close to Ireland. -
The first woman ever got elected into congress
The House of Representatives elected Jeannette Rankin. -
Lenin’s Russian revolution
Lenin served in the Russian government from 1917 to 1924. Shortly after, the Bolsheviks took over the government. -
The selective service act of 1917
This act made all men register for the military who’s ages ranged between 21 and 30 years old. -
Espionage act of 1917
This act criminalized disloyal, profane, or abusive language about the USA’s government or military. -
The influenza pandemic
This pandemic killed near 30 million people. -
Wilson’s fourteen points (1918)
Proposal made by president wilson. It outlined his vision and way to end ww1. -
Sedition act
This extended the previous espionage act, and was stricter. -
Schenck vs the USA
Freedom of speech protection could be restricted. -
Senate rejects the treaty of versatile
The USA didn’t want to have too many alliances in case another war broke out and they would have to join. -
The 19 amendment
This amendment granted women the right to vote. -
Summer olympics of Belgium
USA won 41 gold medals and plenty of silver and bronze. One of our best ever. -
Negro national league
This was an all African American baseball league. -
Teapot dome scandal
This was one of many of president Warrens presidency -
Babe ruth
He broke the al, time home run record on this day, 60 in a season. -
Ford
Ford became a car company and on this day exceeded 1 billion dollars of profit. -
Ku klux klan March
40,000 klansman marched through the state of Washington dc and Pennsylvania -
The great migration
6 million African Americans moved to the north part of the USA from the south. This ended in 1970!
