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Great Migration
1910-1970 movement of 6 million African Americans out of the Southern United States. They moved them to the urban Northeast Midwest. -
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Wilson was President
28th president of the United States. American politician and an academic. -
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WW1
First World War of the Great War. This was a global war that started in Europe. -
Lusitania
The Lusitania sank on May 15, 1915. The ship sank in 18 mins. At the time this ship was the the largest passenger ship. On May 15th a German U-boat torpedoed the Lusitania. Leaving 1,198 passengers and crew dead. -
Sedition Act
An act of Congress. To cover a range of offenses, speech, and the expression of opinion. -
Selective Service Act
Authorized the federal government to raise a national army. -
Espionage Act
This act was to prohibit inference with military operations or recruitment, This was to prevent the support of the United States enemies during the war time. This Act made it a crime for people to convey information. -
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Lenin Led a Russian Revolution
Founder of the Russian Communist Party. First head of the Soviet Union. -
Influenza epidemic
Infected 500 million people across the world. 50 to 100 million people died from this. Which was 3-5 percent of the worlds population. -
Woodrow Wilsons 14 Points
On this day wilson addressed to congress a 14 point program to world peace. This was a statement of principles for peace, in order to end World War 1. -
Schenck vs US
Enforcement of the Espionage Act during World War 1. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
The US could not ratify the treaty or join the League Of Nations. -
US rejects League of Nations membership
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19th Amendment
This gave women the right to vote. Also known as women suffrage. Women at this time were not equal to men they weren't even close, but in 1920 they both had the right to vote. -
First Olympic Winter Games
The first Olympic Winter Games was held at Chamonix, France. The winter games is officially known as "I Olympic Winter Games". -
Babe Ruth makes home run record
Babe Ruth hit his 60th homerun in the 1927 season. This record stood for 34 years. -
Bubble gum was invented
First invented in Philadelphia. Walter E. Diemer invented bubble gum by fooling around and mixing different reciepes to make gum less sticky and more flexible. -
Amelia Earhart fly's across the atlantic ocean
She received a phone call that invited her to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She did this because she would be known as the first women to get across the Atlantic in a plane. -
Great Depression begins
The longest Lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. This began soon after the stock market crashed in 1929. -
Jeannette Rankin
Rankin was the first women elected into congress and the first women to serve in the US congress. She helped pass the 19th amendment,which allowed women to vote.
