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Wilson's Presidency term
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. End date March 4, 1921. He was democratic. -
WW1
During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States. This was also known as the first global war. End date November 11, 1918. -
Great Migration time-frame
it was the movement of six million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West. Ended 1970 -
Lusitania
a German boat torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a British ocean liner that was in route from New York to Liverpool, England. -
Selective Service Act
It authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through compulsory enlistment. Mostly young men. -
Espionage Act
This act made it a federal offense to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the Constitution, the government, the American uniform, or the flag. -
Lenin lead Russian revolution
The Russian revolution was one of the most explosive political events of the twentieth century. The violent revolution marked the end of the Romanov. Ended November 7, 1917. -
Influenza epidemic
The 1918 influenza pandemic was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It was and still is one of the most deadliest diseases that ever existed on the death toll aspect. Also known as the Spanish Flu. End date December 1920. -
Wilson's 14 points speech
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson. -
Sedition Act
It was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act. -
Schenck v US
It was a huge Supreme Court case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act during WW1. -
US senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
The Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles based primarily on objections to the League of Nations. The U.S. would never ratify the treaty or join the League of Nations. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment was ratified, and granted women the right to vote. -
World Series Broadcast on the Radio
Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time. The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three. -
Immigration Quota Established
It limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. They limited through visas, only 2% were allowed in. -
First woman elected to Congress
She was an 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 from Montana in 1916 She also remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana. -
Teapot dome scandal
The scandal involved ornery oil tycoons, poker-playing politicians, illegal liquor sales, a murder-suicide, a womanizing president and a bagful of bribery cash delivered on the sly. In the end, the scandal would empower the Senate to conduct rigorous investigations into government corruption. -
President Warren G. Harding dies
President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascends to presidency. -
Ford Motor Company
The market capitalization of Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billion. Started in 1903 -
Herbert Hoover elected as President
Herbert Hoover, running on a slogan of "A chicken in every pot, a car in every garage," is elected to the presidency, crushing Catholic Democrat Al Smith to maintain Republican dominance of the Oval Office. -
Chicago Mob
In the "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre," the single bloodiest incident in a decade long turf war between rival Chicago mobsters fighting to control the overall trade. Al Capone's gang killed 6.
