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Woodrow Wilson was president from March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1921.
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1914-1918
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The Lusitania was blown up by a German U-boat. -
1916, representative of Montana, born 6/11/1890 -
Prohibits obtaining military information that can be used against the U.S.
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Authorized the federal government to temporarily expand the military through conscription.
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leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the Duma's provisional government.
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Made it a crime to convey information interfering with the war effort.
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The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. -
In this January 8, 1918, speech on War Aims and Peace Terms, President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I. -
In 1919 the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I, in part because President Woodrow Wilson had failed to take senators' objections to the agreement into consideration.
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Supreme Court case where Schenk was charged under the Espionage Act by obstructing military recruitment. -
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote.
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Scandal where oil tycoons bribed the Secretary of Interior to secretly lease federal oil reserves.
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Warren G. Harding was elected the 29th president of the US in 1921. -
Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the US in 1923. -
George Mikan, NBA Hall of Fame Center was born on June 18th, 1924 in Joliet, IL.