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Wilson's Presidency
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WW1 Timeframe Begin
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Lusitania
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Period: to
Great Migration Timeframe
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Year Rankin Elected To Congress
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Silvertown Explosion
A munition's factory in London explodes with 50 tons of TNT kiling 73 and injuring 400. Explosives were being used for Britain's WW1 efforts. -
Lenin Russian Revolution
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Zimmerman Telegram
The Zimmerman Telegram was a telegram proposing a German-Mexican Alliance. Germany prepared to offer financial aid if Mexico allies with Germany in any US-Germany conflicts. -
Selective Service Act
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First Pulitzer Prize
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe Elliott and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for a biography on Julia Ward Howe. -
Espionage Act
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Wilson's 14 Points
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Influenza Epidemic
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Sedition Act
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WW1 Timeframe End
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Schenk vs. US
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US Rejects League Of Nations
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US Senate Rejects Treaty Of Versailles
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First Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League
The first Black baseball league is formed, beginning the change of allowing African Americans in major league sports. -
19th Amendment
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Hitler Sentenced To Jail
Hitler leads the unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" and was sentenced 5 years in jail for high treason. While in jail he begins writing "Mein Kampf".
