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Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks and seized power and destroyed the tradition of czarist rule. -
Wilson’s Presidency term
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 28th president of the United States as a member of the Democratic Party. He led the U.S. into World War 1, establishing an activist foreign policy known as Wilsonianism. -
WWI Timeframe
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. -
Lusitania
The Lusitiania was a british ocean liner that was sunk in May by a German U-Boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland killing 1,198 passengers and crew. The sinking of the ship led to the United States declaration of war on Germany two years later. -
Great Migration timeframe
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West. -
First Women Elected into Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate, and the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916, and again in 1940 -
Selective service act
DescriptionThe Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription. -
Espionage Act
The Espionage Act essentially 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. -
Influenza (flu) epidemic
The epidemic infected 500 million people around the world. The death toll is estimated to have been 40 million to 50 million and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest epidemics in human history. -
Wilson’s 14 points
The fourteen points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War 1. The points were outlined in a speech to the U.S. Congress. -
Sedition Act
Made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States" or to "willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of the production" of the things "necessary or essential to
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US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
President Woodrow Wilson was the architect of the League of Nations, that was the centerpiece of the Treaty of Versailles. The Senate rejected the treaty which formally ended World War 1. -
Schenck vs. US
The Supreme Court ruled that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” -
The establishment of the League of Nations
The League of Nations, abbreviated as LN or LoN, was the first worldwide intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on Jan 10, 1920 following the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War; in 1919 US President Woodrow Wilson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as the leading architect of the League. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex or gender. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding. It damaged the reputation of the Harding administration. -
USA -- First Issue of Time Magazine.
Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City. It was founded in 1923 and for many years it was run by its influential co-founder Henry Luce. It also had a European, Middle Easterd, Latin American, Asian, and Austialian editions. -
The first use of gas as a method of execution in the US
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. -
The KKK had its first organized march in D.C.
The Ku Klux Klan was at the height of its popularity when more than 30,000 members racists and anti-Semites marching 22 side by side and 14 rows deep, paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on Aug. 8, 1925. -
The first diesel engine automobile trip is completed
(Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City) by Clessie Cummins, founder of the Cummins Motor Company.
