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Wilson's Presidency
President Woodrow Wilson, serving two terms, favored a new, peaceful world order, and a progressive movement. After receiving the majority of the electoral vote in 1913, President Wilson proposed 3 pieces of legislation to Congress, including the Underwood Act (a lower tariff piece), and limiting railroad workers to an 8 hour work day. Wilson also wished to declare war on Germany when he decided America could no longer remain neutral in the war. -
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WWI
After some subtle conflict in Europe, and then the assassination of Austrio-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand, countries in Europe chose sides. Alliances soon formed, and eventually Russia joined Serbia, Then Germany, France, Great Britain and most of the European nations got involved on different sides. -
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Great Migration
The Great Migration was the movement of over 5,000,000 sounthern blacks to the north of America.They migrated to cities like Chicago, Pittsburgh, and New York. By WWII, many migrated more westward, like California. At the end of WWI, around 454,000 blacks moved, between 1940-and 1960, somewhere around 3,348,000 black Americans migrated from the south. The movement was for better job oppurtunities and because there was lynching and an unfair goverment system in the south. -
Lusitania
On this date, the British ship named the "Lusitania" left New York City destined for Liverpool. However, the supplies that this quickly constructed ship carried was kept secret from its passengers. This was because the Lusitania held the British military's munitions. Six days later, at 2:10, as the ship neared land, a V20 German submarine fired a torpedo at the ship holding innocent travelers. In 18 minutes, the Lusitania completely sank and 1,119 people died. -
First Woman Elected to Congress
Jeannette Rankin, born in 1880, represented the state of Montana and the republican party. She was also a suffragist, and was the first woman elected to Congress. -
Selective Service Act
This act passed by Congress after the United States entered World War I gave the power to draft soldiers to the U.S's President. -
Espionage Act
This Amendment made the act of conveying information in any form that interfered with the United States' armed forces a crime. If one committed this crime, he/she would have to pay a $10,000 fine, and he/she would have to serve a 20 year prison sentence. This act was similar to the Sedition Act. -
Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution
After the death of his brother in 1887, Vladimir Lenin felt compelled to join the Bolshevik revolution against the broken Russian government. They then formed a new government, led by Lenin. -
Wilson's 14 Points
President Woodrow Wilson, in order to establish the U.S's placement in the League of Nations, which promoted world peace, approached Congress by himself with fourteen points that regarded methods of obtaining peace internationally. -
Sedition Act
This Amendment made false statements interfering with America's war situation, insulting or abusing the U.S flag, or agitating war efforts illegal. -
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Influenza Epidemic
Just as WWI was almost over, a flu began to develop in small areas all over the world. After 2 years, though, about one fifth of the world's population was infected. Those affected were usually between the ages of 20-40. In this time period, a quarter of the United States obtained the flu. The death rate across the globe dramatically increased as well. However, nobody knows the origins of this untimely epidemic. -
Schenck v U.S
This Suprreme Court decision, which is now overturned, was a case regarding the government's limitations on freedom of speech. Charles Schenck handed out flyers opposing the military's draft method. -
19th Amendment
This unprecedented change to the United States Constitution granted women the right to vote. -
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Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids were a series of raids and arrests made by the U.S Department of Justice on anarchists and left wing radicalists across the nation. The raids were named after the Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. -
Rejection of League of Nations
After Predisent Woodrow Wilson proposed that the U.S join the peaceful alliance of nations to solve global problems, America's Senate, (mainly Massachusetts' Senator Henry Cabot Lodge) denied his proposal. -
U.S Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty between the countries at war, primarily in Europe, which eventually did end the first world war. However, because the U.S Senate rejected the idea of the League of Nations, they rejected this treaty as well. -
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The World Series
This was the first World Series of the MLB to be played entirely in one ballpark, which was the Polo Grounds. The Giants eventually bested the Yankees by two games. -
The Great Gatsby
What is now regarded as a classic piece of american literature, F. Scott Fitzgerald introduced us to the glamorous Jay Gatsby. He created one of the most interesting protagonists of all time. -
Steamboat Willie: Mickey Mouse
Intended to be a parody, this black and white cartoon written and directed by Walt Disney was the first to feature synchronized sound with the characters. This cartoon also popularized what is now the most recognizable cartoon character of the past century: Mickey Mouse. -
Stock Market Crash
What is called the most devastating stock market crash of U.S history, "Black Tuesday" sent investors and much of the nation into near bankruptcy.
