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Woodrow Wilson Presidency Term
28th President of the United States; Term ended 1921 -
WW1 Begins
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire (Central Powers) ~VS~ Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan, and the U.S (Allied Powers) -
Lusitania Sinks
Sunk by a German torpedo; played major role in turning public against Germany -
Great Migration Beginning
The Relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the Northern cities -
First Woman in Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin was elected to the House of Representatives from Montana; she was a women’s activist and politician -
Lenin leads Russian Revolution
Advocated for direct rule by workers and peasants; organized soldiers and sailors into the Red Guards to then attack government buildings -
Selective Service Act
Allowed the United Stated federal government to raise an army through “The Draft”; ended with the war -
Influenza Epidemic
The first of two pandemics involving the H1N1 influenza (flu) virus -
Wilson’s 14 Points
A speech that illustrated the principles of peace to be used for peace negotiations to end World War I -
Espionage Act
Prohibited ill speech towards America’s involvement in the war and conveying information intended to interfere with US and the war effort -
Sedition Act
Extended the Espionage Act to cover broader range of offenses like speech or negative speech of government and war effort -
WW1 Ends
Ended with the formal surrender of Germany. Germany and the Allied Nations signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending the war. -
Schenck vs US
Court Case on whether the Espionage Act violated the 1st Amendment; rules the Act as constitutional, and stated free speech was not an absolute right -
19th Amendment
WOMEN CAN VOTE -
U.S Senate Rejects Treaty LD Versailles
Rejected mainly due to objection to the League of Nations; the U.S would never join the League of Nations -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Bribery Scandal involving the administration of Pres. Warren G. Harding ending; secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the Secretary of the Interior -
World Series on the Radio
Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time. The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three. -
Death of President Warren G. Harding
President from March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 -
Publication of the Great Gatsby
Published by F. Scott Fitzgerald -
Klansman March
40,000 Ku Klux Klansman March on Washington, filling up Pennsylvania Avenue -
Mickey Mouse is Born
Walt Disney's “Steamboat Willie” premieres, introducing the world to a new animated character: Mickey Mouse. -
The Great Migration Ends
Before migration, 9 of 10 African Americans lived in the South; after migration, less than half of the country’s African Americans lived in the South
