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The Great Migration
6 million African-Americans migrated out of Southern United States to Northeast, Midwest, and West United States during this timeframe -
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Wilson's Presidency Term
During this period of time Woodrow Wilson was president of the United States. -
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WW1
All of the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) and all of the Allied Powers (Britain, France, Russia, and Serbia) were at war with each other. This made all of Europe to be at war. Later, the U.S. joined declaring war on Germany -
Lusitania
On this date, the Lusitania sank. -
Espionage Act
This act was intended to prohibit interference with military operations, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of American enemies during wartime. -
Jeanette Rankin
On this date she was the first woman elected to congress. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution (Russian Revolution) which privatized all aspects of the Soviet economy, cracked down on dissent through the Cheka or the secret police, and instituted the Red Terror. This was aimed at destroying monarchist and anti-Bolshevik people during the Russian Civil War. The Russian Revolution dismantled the aristocracy and led to the Soviet Union. -
Selective Service Act
On this date, this act was passed. It authorized the federal government to raise an army for America to enter WW1. -
Influenza Epidemic
Known as the Spanish Flu influenza killed somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. -
Wilson's 14 Points
The 14 points were a statement of peace that was to be used to end WW1. -
Sedition Act
An act that extended the Espionage Act saying that no person or country can say anything negative about the government or the war. -
Schenk vs. U.S.
On this day, a Supreme Court case concerning the enforcement of the Espionage Act. The Supreme Court concluded that defendants who distributed fliers to draft-age men, urging resistance to induction, could be convicted, and the First Amendment did not change the well-established law in cases where the attempt was made through expressions that would be protected in other cases. -
US Senate Rejects the Treaty of Versailles
On this day, the US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles that was made to create peace after WW1. -
Flappers
A young woman with bobbed hair and short skirts who drank, smoked and said to do unladylike things -
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Dancing to Jazz
During the 1920's a lot of dances moves were made to dance to Jazz music. Some of the dances were the Charleston, the cake walk, the black bottom, and the flea hop. Some older people did not like Jazz music because it inspired moral disasters. -
League of Nations
On this date, America rejected the League of Nations membership that would end war with Germany -
Volstead Act
On this day all bars, taverns, and saloons were closed. It was illegal to sell drinks that were more than 0.5% of alcohol. Illegal speakeasies were then created so people could get alcoholic beverages. More people went to speakeasies than a bar. -
19th Amendment
From this date forward, women were allowed to vote. -
First Commercial Radio Station Broadcast
On this day, the first commercial radio station in the United States, Pittsburgh's KDKA, hit airwaves. Three years later there were more than 500 stations in the nation. Also, by the end of the 1920's, there were more than 12 million radios in households. -
National Origins Act
This act set immigration quotas that excluded Eastern Europeans and Asians and favored Northern Europeans because of the Red Scare. The Red Scare was anti-communist and encouraged a widespread nativist hyteria.
