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Woodrow Wilson’s Presidency Term
He was the president through WWI and joined in on the war to make it “safer for democracy, he also was the 28th president. -
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WWI Timeframe
This marks the start and finish of WWI -
Lusitania
The Germans shot at a US “civilian” ship, that had extra weapons and ammo to help the British, but the only reason the U-Boat hit it was due to fog and the unable to see. -
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Great Migration Timeframe
African Americans started to spread away from the south the move out west and up north to escape the old harsh racist environment they were once in. -
Jeanette Rankin
She was the first women to get elected into congress, and she protested a ton for women’s sufferage. She got her name out there and then ran in 1914. Two years later she was elected into the senate, and her official introduction was April 2nd, 1917 -
Selective Service Act
Males ages 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. They were chosen through as draft and then sent to the military. -
Espionage Act
It was made to stop spying and keep American military operations secret and only to people who were involved in them, so it inhibited other countries from sending spies and other people to come over and get US plans. -
Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Revolution
He overthrew the Russian government and then created the USSR and the Soviet Union was now communist. He took away a lot from the people and it caused a revolt into him being in power now. -
Schenck Vs. United States
To fight against the draft and try to get men who didn’t want to be apart of the war out of the war, and prevent the sending of draft tickets. -
Influenza Epidemic 1918
It infected over 500 million people worldwide, and resulted in 50-100 million deaths. -
Wilson’s Fourteen Point Speech
It was for peace negations to end and finish WWI. -
Sedition Act
Extended the espionage act, and adding onto the rules and the charges you could get from the espionage act. Basically reenacting it and adding onto the previous act. -
Signing of The Treaty of Versailles
Here the made the agreement to end WWI, and finish the bloodshed. -
United States Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles
The Senate rejected the treaty, because the United States did not want to join the League of Nations or ratify the treaty. -
19th Amendment
It denied the states and government from denying someone’s right to vote from gender. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
It was a bribery scandal involving the President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. It involved petroleum reserves in different part of the country leased to other states without competive bidding. -
World Series Broadcasted on Radio
Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time. The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees. -
The Yankees Stadium
They built the Yankees statidum sometime in 1923, they claimed that I was the “stadium that Ruth built” talking about the world famous Babe Ruth. Constructed in the Bronx. -
German Reperation
Germany going through rough patch by reparations payments imposed by Treaty of Versailles suffers hyperinflation. One American dollar is now worth 7,000 German marks. The image I used is of a German Mark. -
Ford Motor Company
The market capitalization of Ford Motor Company has earned over 1 billion. -
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Also known as “Black Tuesday” people were shocked when it crashed, a lot of people committed suicide and even lost everything, but days before people thought it was just going to be a bump in the Market, then it dropped greatly and some lost all their money and fortune.
