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Wilson Presidency Term
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WW1 Timeframe
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Lusitania Accident
The voyage of the Lusitania would be a risky one, since Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare if any ships sailed by the British Isles(Since Germany wanted to quarantine them). A warning was posted on the New York newspapers saying to "enter at your own risk" when it comes to ship passing the British isles, on the same page had the advertisement for the biggest and fastest liner at the time. The captain ignored the information and at 2:12 p.m. the ship sank -
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Great Migration Timeframe(Start)
The time period where millions of African American citizens from the south moved to the north, midwest, and west regions of America for better opportunities in workplace, and to not be as discriminated.(Ends 1970) -
Year of first women elected to Congress
Jeannette Rankins made history as the first female to hold federal office. -
Selective Service Act
Had U.S. government raise a national army to serve during the World War, through conscription. -
Espionage Act
The act was meant to prohibit interference with the military operations and recruitment. -
Lenin lead a Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin, leftist revolutionaire and leader of the Bolshevik party, fought a bloodless battle against the Duma government, to have instill their way government. -
Influenza (flu) epidemic
The disease had caused national dismay with 1 third of the world's population getting infected with this virus. There was wasn't one certain place that it had started, but in the U.S. the first people to get diagnosed were military personnel. The virus was an H1N1 with genes of avian origin. The mortality rates had went up drastically, including healthy people ages 20-40. With no real solutions of vaccines or antibiotics that could help prevent or treat the disease, people had to be quarantined. -
Wilson's 14 Points
This was a 14 point program to help world peace, and peace negotiations towards the end of the war. -
Sedition Act of 1918
An act that expanded on the Espionage Act(consequences people for expressing speech that cast the government or the war efforts in a negative light) -
Schneck vs. U.S.
A landmark case which was dealing with enforcement of the Espionage Act.(ended with saying that urging the draft, after being offered the flier, is a criminal offense) -
19th Amendment
This amendment allowed for all sexes to vote, and prohibited anyone from telling them they couldn't.(adopted August 18th, 1920 -
U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles(
The Senate ended up rejecting the treaty because its majority leader Henry Cabot Lodge did not agree with the League of Nations and thought it gave too much power to the other countries. -
Harding wins election by a landslide
With late attempts by opponent Cox to tarnish Harding's name, William had won the presidential race by a record margain of 60.3 % of the popular vote to Cox's measely 34.1%. -
Harding wins election in a landslide
In a record presidential race Harding had beat his competition(Cox) in the general election with Harding having a 60.3 to a measly 34.1 % from cox -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Harding's administration had been caught in scandal where the Secretary of Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy Petroleum reserves in Wyoming and California to private oil companies for lower rates, and far less bidding.(Ended in 1923) -
First broadcasted World Series(on radio)
A "hometown" rivalry unfolded as the New York Giants and Yankees played it out in Game 1, the first ever broadcasted world series game on radio. -
Ford Motor Company Exceeds 1 billion dollars
The car company that still has a presence in todays market, had been one of the first to exceed this big market cap of 1 billion in the U.S. -
Mickey Mouse is born
Walt Disney had officially created one of the most iconic cartoon characters of all time. The idea started from the fact that he had another character of his (Oswald The Rabbit) and Disney artists stolen from him, from the Universal distributer Charles Mintz. He was then on a cross-country train ride and had to think of a new character fast. Named after his wife, Mickey Mouse was born on October 1st 1928. -
St.Valentines Day Massacre
Rival gangsters Capone and George "Bugs" Moran had been fighting for power over the illegal trading of bootlegging, gambling, and prostitution. It came to a climax when 7 of Bugs men were in a garage doing there bootlegging operations, when a cop car pulled up. The police had busted in and asked the men to stand facing the wall with hands behind there back, but little did they know that it was actually Capones men disguised as cops, and it was too late as all 7 men had been killed in cold blood. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
A scandal involving President Hardings administration(specifically Albert Bacon Fall) in which he would lease Navy petroleum reserves in Wyoming and California to private oil companies at low rates, and without much bidding.(ended in 1923)
