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Woodrow Wilson’s Presidential Term
Became the 28th president of America. He proclaimed it his duty “to cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to correct the evil without impairing the good, to purify and humanize every process of our common life without weakening or sentimentalizing it.” His term ended on March 4, 1921. -
World War One
Also known as the Great War, was a global war that had originated in Europe. The war was a significant turning point in the political, cultural, economic, and social climate of the world and its aftermath started many revolutions and uprisings. WW1 ended on 11/11/1918. -
RMS Lusitania
The RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was known for the fastest Atlantic crossing and was briefly the world’s largest passenger ship. It was en route from New York to England but was torpedoed by a German U-boat and it sunk. -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was one of the largest and rapid movements in history. African Americans who used to live in the South began to move up North. -
Jeannette Rankin
Was an American politician and a women’s advocate. She was the first woman to hold federal office in the US, she was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana. -
Vladimir Lenin’s Russian Revolution
He was the most influential political figure in the development of the Russian revolution, his most famous slogans are “no support for the provisional government.” and “all power to the soviets.” -
Selective Service Act
Also known as the Selective Draft Act, it authorized the US government to raise a national army for service in WWI. At the time all males aged 18-30 were required to register to potentially be picked for service in the military. -
Espionage Act
This act makes it a crime if one were to convey information intended to interfere with the US war effort or to promote the success of the country’s enemies. If someone was found guilty of obeying these acts, they’d be fined $10,000 and sentenced to prison for 20 years. -
Flu Epidemic
During WWI people didn’t have great hygiene, and everything was very unsanitary which causes bacteria to grow and people to get sick. The Flu also known as the Spanish Flu, had an infection rate of 500 million people worldwide at the time. It then began to decrease in December of 1920. -
Wilson’s 14 Points
Written by President Woodrow Wilson, it was a statement to be used for peace negotiations in order to end WWI. -
Sedition Act
This act was passed by US congress, it was a piece of legislation that was designed to protect the US’s participation in the war. -
Schenck v. US
Charles T. Schenck was a general secretary of the US Socialist Party, the party distributed leaflets that described why men should resist military service if they’d been drafted. Schenck was then arrested and charged because he didn’t obey the espionage act. This court case argues why the espionage act was seen as unconstitutional and that Schenck was only exercising his first amendment rights. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
This treaty was a formal peace treaty between the WWI allies and Germany. It was rejected because the Senate majority leader believed that America would give up too much power under the League of Nations. -
19th Amendment
This granted American women the right to vote. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
This was a bribery scandal involving president Warren G. Harding’s administration and private oil companies. -
King Tut
The tomb of King Tut was discovered. -
Winnie The Pooh
A.A. Milne’s “Winnie-the-Pooh” was published. -
The Magician Houdini
Houdini passed away after being punched. -
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth set a home run record that stood for 70 years. -
The Oxford English Dictionary
The first Oxford English Dictionary was published
