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Wilson's Presidency Term
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World War 1
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Lusitiana
Lusitania is the world's largest passenger ship (787 foot British ship) that sunk on May 7th, 1915. It was shot down by a German U-Boat off the southern coast of Ireland. Of the 1,962 passengers, 1,198 passengers ended up losing their lives because of the ship sinking. -
1st woman elected to congress
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The Great Migration
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Selective Service Act (aka the draft)
People were forced into participating in war. -
Espionage Act Becoming Effective
The Espionage Act was passed and eventually became effective on June 15th, 1917. This act made it a crime to convey information that intended to interfere with the United States armed forces. It ended up being illegal to say or write anything that was interpreted of critical of the United States armed forces. In addition, it punished any sort of spying activities. -
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Lenin Led a Russian Revolution
Revolutionaries led by Bolshevik party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a battle against the Dumas provisional government. -
Influenza Epidemic
January 1918 was the time of the great Spanish Influenza epidemic.This was an unusually deadly strain of influenza that turned into a pandemic. It infected 500 million people worldwide (1/3 of the planets population). 20 to 50 million people fell victim to death and 675,000 of those people were American. -
Wilson's 14 Points
14 point program for world peace. -
Sedition Act
The Sedition Act ended up becoming effective on May 16th, 1918. At the time, people thought that the Espionage act, which outlawed any transport of information that interfered with the United States was unconstitutional. The Sedition Act was passed in order to extend the Espionage Act of 1917 in order to cover a broader range of offenses. This act proved that the Espionage act was constitutional after all. -
Schek vs. United States
At the time, people believed that the current Espionage Act was unconstitutional as it broke people's 1st amendment right. On March 3rd, 1919 however, the Supreme Court ended up ruling that the Espionage Act is completely constitutional and that it did not violate any of the amendments in the constitution. No violation of freedom of speech. -
U.S Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
United States would never join the League of Nations. -
19th Amendment
Females can now legally vote. -
American Football Association is formally established
Walter Camp -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Albert B. Fall found guilty of accepting bribes in office. -
Time Magazine publishes for the 1st time
Created by Britton Hadden and Henry Luce. -
Lincoln Memorial dedicated in Washington D.C
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Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act
Granted the right of citizenship to all Native Americans born in U.S. territory . -
Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean
