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Woodrow Wilson's Presidency term
U.S. President from March 4, 1913 – March 4, 192. -
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World War 1 Timeline
Global war that started in Europe. "war to end all wars" -
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Great Migration
Around six million African Americans migrated from the South to the North in an attempt to escape racism to create new lives as American citizens. -
Lusitania
A German U-Boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania. -
First woman elected to Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin led the violent revolution marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule. -
Selective Service Act
It authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription. -
Espionage Act
It was intended to prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of United States enemies during wartime. -
Sedition Act
An act that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds. -
Influenza Epidemic
Killed 50 million people, one fifth of the world's population. -
Wilson’s 14 points
President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. -
Schenck vs. US
A unanimous Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., concluded that defendants who distributed fliers to draft-age men, urging resistance to induction, could be convicted of an attempt to obstruct the draft, a criminal offense. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles based primarily on objections to the League of Nations. -
Garvey Conference
Charismatic Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican immigrant, convenes the first International Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World in New York's Madison Square Garden. -
19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
A bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. -
The Great Gatsby Published
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby. -
Stock Market Collapse
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. -
Hoover Elected as President
Herbert Hoover, running on a slogan of "A chicken in every pot, a car in every garage," is elected to the presidency, crushing Catholic Democrat Al Smith to maintain Republican dominance of the Oval Office. -
Mickey Mouse Is Born
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie premieres, introducing the world to a new animated character: Mickey Mouse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4
