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Wilson
Wilson was president from 1913 to 1921 -
WWI
WWI was from July 28th 1914 to November 11th 1918, America entered in 1917, it was supposed to be the war to end all wars with many advancement in military technology -
Sinking of the Lusitana
The Lusitania was a British civilian ship that the Germans sank with their submarines, causing american passengers to die and america to enter WWI -
Jeannette Rankin gets elected to the HOR
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives in 1916 -
The Great Migration
The great migration was from 1916 to 1970, and involved around 6 million can Americans moving out of the south and settling in other parts of the country, mostly to get away from racial discrimination -
The Russian Revolution
The Russian revolution led by Vladimir Lenin was a violent uprising against the Romanov dynasty brought about the end of imperial rule in Russia -
Selective service act
The selective service act was a law passed by Wilson that required all men between 21 and 30 to register for military service -
Espionage act
The espionage act is a law passed by Wilson that prohibits it’s people from leaking any information to other countries that could jeopardize the security of the United States -
Sedition act
The sedition act imposed harsh penalties on anyone who was spreading anti war messages around in america, or talking bad about the country in anyway -
Influenza pandemic
The influenza pandemic was the widespread infection of when is now called the flu, much like our pandemic today, people tried to stay inside, wear masks, and get vaccinated -
Wilson’s 14 point
Wilson came up with the 14 points, these were a set of things that Wilson believed needed to happen in order to prevent all future conflicts, it later earned him the Nobel peace prize -
schenck v. united states
The Supreme Court ruled that distributing flyers to try and stop soldiers from enlisting in the military was unconstitutional and could be punished -
Senate rejects the treaty of Versailles
The US senate rejected the treaty of Versailles because they couldn’t agree on what the terms of the treaty should be -
The 19th amendment
the 19th amendment allowed women the right to vote -
Wall Street bombing
A horse-drawn cart carrying a massive improvised explosive was detonated on the busiest corner on Wall Street killing 38 people -
Teapot dome scandal
The teapot dome scandal was from 1921 to 1922 and involved the secretary of the interior accepting bribes from oil companies so they could get access to oil set aside by the president for the navy -
First woman governor
Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the first woman governor of the United States in Wyoming -
Liquid fueled rocket
Robert H. Goddard demonstrates the viability of the first liquid fueled rockets with his test in Auburn Massachusetts -
NCB is made
NBC Radio Network was formed by Westinghouse, General Electric, and RCA, opening with twenty-four stations. -
MLK is born
Future Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King was born in his grandfather's house in Atlanta Georgia
