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Great Migration
The great migration was the movement of african amaercans through out the north, west, and midwest of the united states from the south. -
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Wilsons Presidency Term
President Wilson was know to be an avocate for democracy and world peace. Thought to be one of our best presidents. -
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WW1
World War 1 lasted from 1914- 1918. There were two side to the fighting which where the Allies and Central powers. -
Espionage Act
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Lusitania
A German submarine sunk a British oceanliner and signaled the starting of World War I. -
First Woman in Congress
Jeannette Rankin was a Republican from Montana and the first woman to serve in Congress in the House of Representatives. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Valdimir Lenin led a revolution with the Bolshevik party to overthrow the provisional government. The Bolshevik's captured government buildings and other important locations. The new govenment was controlled by Lenin. His govenment made peace with germany. During the Rule of Lenin he had to fight a cival war with anti-Bolshevik army forces. Lenin's army won and later went on to form the USSR. -
Selective Service Act
Selective service act allowed the the draft to be enabled. This required any man who was of age and physical requirements to apply for the draft. -
Wilsons 14 pts
The 14 points were principles that are used to obtain world peace. -
Influenza Epidemic
During the infuenza epidemic around 20-40 mlllion perished. It was the most devastating epidemic of the world. -
Sedition Act
The Sedition Act outlawed negative opionions of the war efforts. Specifically it made restrictions to the freedom of speech. -
Schenk VS US
This court case ruled that trying to convice others to not participate in the draft is a criminal offense. -
US Rejects Treaty of Versailles
The US rejects the treaty mainly because it has to due with the league of nations. -
100 million people in US
In the 1920 cencus it was the first time there was over 100 million people in the US. Since the last census the total had increated over 15%. The most populated state at the time was Indiana. At the time there was 48 states recorded. The only states not included were Hawaii and Alaska. They were added later in 1959. -
KDKA first college to offer regular broadcast
The KDKA station in Pittsburg Pennsyvania was the first staion to offer regular broadcast. The station is for news only. This was very important because it offered a way to communicate with the public. This broadcast serevice also has a few diffent first. It reported on elections, sporting events, and religious services. All of these acomplishments are very substacial things in the US today. -
US rejects Leauge of Nations Membership
The expensive nature of being a member was thought to hurt the economy and not all the US to protect there intrest. -
19th Amendment
Granted women to vote.At this time women had far less rights. This was known as woman sufferage. -
The American Professional Football League is formed
This was the first time football was organized on the national level. Originally there were leagues in New York and In Ohio. Once more teams were created the need for a national league appeared. This was later the the NFL (National Football league). The first President of the American Professional Football Leauge was Jim Thorpe. Aside from being president he also played on a team. -
All Indians deemed citizens
All indians are designated citizens. This was was passed by the US congress and signed off by President Coolidge. This right was given by The Indian Citizenship Act. This gave citizenship to all all native born. The act was thought to give recognition to the thousands of native americans serving in the military. This gave citizenship to around 125,000 or 300,000 indigenous people. -
Hoover damn
The construction of Boulder, which is now named the Hoover damn was created in1928. This damn was named after president Hoover. The damn powers 28% of southern california's water district and 23% for general electricity for Nevada
