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Wilson’s Presidency term
March 4, 1921. President Woodrow Wilson led the United States in its declaration of neutrality due to the WW1 outbreak. Germany tested Woodrow and began unrestricted submarine warfare. -
WW1 timeframe
July 28, 1914 - November 11,1918 -
Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania was an important event in World War I. The death of so many innocent civilians at the hands of the Germans galvanized American support for entering the war. -
First women elected to Congress
Jeannette Rankin was the first women elected into congress in 1916. She entered the House of Representatives -
Great Migration Timeframe
1970 .Was the movement of some six million African Americans from rural areas of the Southern states of the United States to urban areas in the Northern states -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule. The Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, would later become the Communist party. -
Espionage Act
the act prohibited any type of information relating to the national defense with intent. -
Selective Service Act
The Selective Service Act is an act that required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. Wilson signed the law. -
Sedition Act
Extended the espionage act. The Sedition Act made it a crime for American citizens to write or publish misleading things about the U.S. government -
Influenza epidemic
Most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. It spread worldwide during 1918-1919. Number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States. -
Wilson’s 14 points
The Fourteen Points was a proposal made by Woodrow Wilson. consisted of certain basic principles, such as freedom of the seas and open covenants, a variety of geographic arrangements carrying out the principle of self-determination, and above all, a League of Nations that would enforce the peace. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
In 1919 the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles, because President Woodrow Wilson had failed to take senators' objections to the agreement into consideration. -
Schenck vs. US
Schenck was charged with conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act of 1917 by committing a crime towards the military and to obstruct recruitment. This case lead to the Supreme Court to invent “clear and present danger" test to determine when a state could constitutionally limit an individual's free speech rights -
America had a de-facto woman president.
First Lady, Edith Wilson, stepped in and assumed his role. She controlled access to the president and made policy decisions on his behalf. -
18th Amendment Passed
In the United States the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution is started in 1920, which outlawed the production and consumption of alcohol and was more commonly known as Prohibition. -
19th amendment
The House of Representatives passed the amendment, and two weeks later, the Senate followed. Was added to the Constitution, ensuring that American citizens could no longer be denied the right to vote because of their sex. -
The Constitution was twice amended in a single year
The 18th amendment was re written multiple times -
The mass media was born.
In November 1920, the first commercially-licensed radio station began broadcasting live results of the presidential election. The transmission of breaking news was new and unprecedented, and as word spread of this new medium, the “talking box” exploded in popularity. -
America sustained the worst terrorist attack in its history
On September 16, 1920, a horse-drawn cart carrying a massive, improvised explosive was detonated on the busiest corner on Wall Street. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding. Albert Fall, the secretary Interior was involved in the scandal due to allowing oil companies control over government oil preserves
