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Great Migration
The Great Migration was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states -
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Wilson’s Presidency Term
Woodrow Wilson, a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States. Led US during WW1. -
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WW1 Timeframe
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assassinated. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I. -
Lusitania
The Lusitania, a British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the twentieth century. During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of czarist rule. -
Year of First Woman elected to Congress
Four years before women had the right to vote, Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman to serve in Congress. -
Wilson’s 14 Points
In his war address to Congress on April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson spoke of the need for the United States to enter the war in part to “make the world safe for democracy.” -
Selective Service Act
On May 18, 1917, Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription. The act eventually required all men between the ages of 21 to 45 to register for military service. -
Espionage Act
Prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation. -
Influenza Epidemic
The most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. -
Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. -
Schenck vs US
The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Charles Schenck and Elizabeth Baer for violating the Espionage Act of 1917 through actions that obstructed the “recruiting or enlistment service” during World War I. -
US rejects Treaty of Versailles
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. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Scandal of the early 1920s surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. -
Discovery of King Tut’s tomb
British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discover a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. -
The Halibut Treaty
Was for the Preservation of Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean. An agreement between Canada and the United States on fishing rights in the Pacific Ocean. -
Time Magazine
Time was co-founded in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry R. Luce, making it the first weekly news magazine in the United States. -
Warner Brothers Pictures
Founded by four brothers: Harry Warner, Albert Warner, Samuel Warner, and Jack Warner. An American entertainment conglomerate known for its film studio. -
Creation of Mt. Rushmore
Mount Rushmore is a project of colossal proportion, colossal ambition and colossal achievement. It involved the efforts of nearly 400 men and women.