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Wilson's Presidency
Woodrow Wilson served as the 28th president of the United States. -
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World War 1
The 1st world war, also known as the Great War. -
Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk by a German U- boat off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passangers and crew. Ther sinking presaged the united states declaration of war on germany two years later. -
Rankin
A Repuplican from Montana, she was the first woman elected to congress. -
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The Great Migration
The movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West. -
Selective Service Act
An act requiring all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. -
Espionage Act
The Espionage Act made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country's enemies. -
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Influenza Epidemic
The 1918 influenza pandemic (also known as the Spanish Flu), was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic. -
Wilson's 14 Points
A statement of principals for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end WW1. -
SeditionAct
An act making it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal or abusive language about the form of the Goverm=nment of the United States. -
Palmer raids
A series of raids conducted during the First Red Scare by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected leftists, mostly Italian and Eastern European immigrantsand especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States. -
Shenck vs US
A landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act during World War I. -
US Senate rejects treaty of Versailles
For the first time, the Senate rejected a peace treaty. By a vote of 39 to 55, far short of the required two-thirds majority, the Senate denied consent to the Treaty of Versailles. ... The United States never ratified the Treaty of Versailles, nor did it join the League of Nations. -
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Steel strike of 1919
An attempt by the weakened Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers (AA) to organize the United States steel industry in the wake of World War I. -
Steel Strike of 1919
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19th Amendment
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First World Series Broadcast
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. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Lindbergh's Flight
Aviator Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo transatlantic flight, landing his Spirit of Saint Louis in Paris 33 hours after departing from New York. Lindbergh becomes a national hero. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of 7 members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang. They were lined up against a wall and shot by four unknown assailants who were dressed like police officers. The incident resulted from the struggle to control organized crime in the city during Prohibition between the Irish North Siders, headed by George "Bugs" Moran, and their Italian South Side Gang rivals led by Al Capone.
