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Wilson’s Presidency term (1913-1921)
With the start of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson led the United States in its declaration of neutrality. Ended in 1921 -
World War I (1914-1918)
World War I was the first war our country fought and we fought against Germany, Austria, Hungary, etc. The cause of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. ended in 1918 -
Lusitania (1915)
The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was owned by the Cunard Line and was first launched in 1906. It was sunk by a German torpedo in the Celtic Sea. -
Great Migration (1916-1970)
The Great Migration, also referred to as the Great Migration to the North or the Black Migration, was the relocation of 6 million African Americans to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West from the rural Southern United States. ended in 1970 -
First Woman Elected Into Congress (1917)
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress. She was a republican from Montana. -
Selective Service Act (1917)
The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. It was authorized by the United States president at the time, Woodrow Wilson. -
Espionage Act (1917)
The act prohibited the obtaining of information, the recording of photographs or the copying of details of any information relating to the national defense with the intention or reason to believe that the information could be used for the harm of the United States or for the gain of any foreign country. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution (1917)
Lenin was the leader of the radical socialist Bolshevik Party, which seized power in the October phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917. -
Influenza epidemic(1918)
The Spanish flu was caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. It lasted about 2 years and infected about 500 million people. -
Wilson’s 14 points (1918)
The Fourteen Points were a proposition made by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in a discourse before Congress on January 8, 1918, illustrating his vision for finishing World War I in a manner that would keep such a blaze from happening once more -
Sedition Act (1918)
The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. Its passage came to be viewed as an instance of government overstepping the bounds of First Amendment freedoms. -
Schenck vs. US (1919)
The Supreme Court upheld Charles Schenck and Elizabeth Baer's conviction for violating the 1917 Espionage Act through actions that obstructed recruiting or enlistment service during World War I. -
19th amendment (1919)
This amendment gave women the right to vote and no one could deny them their rights. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles (1919)
The US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles because President Woodrow Wilson had failed to take senators objections to the agreement into consideration. -
Wall Street Bombing (1920)
A bomb went off on Wall Street in front of the building of JP Morgan. A total of 38 people were killed and 143 severely wounded. The perpetrators of the bombing were never found, but it is believed that Italian anarchists carried out the attack. -
Teapot Dome Scandal (1921-1923)
The teapot dome scandal was a bribery case involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. -
Tulsa Race Riots (1921)
The Tulsa Race Riot was the worse race riot in US history took place in Greenwood. In the course of two days the community was destroyed, and 10,000 African Americans were left homeless. -
Budget and Accounting Act (1921)
President Harding established the Bureau of the Budget. The bureau placed formal restrictions on the spending of government funds. The Bureau of the Budget later became the Office of Management and Budget. -
Ford McCumber Tariff (1922)
It raised duties to an average of 38 percent. It particularly provided protection to the chemical and drug industries that had developed during World War I. -
Television Invented (1927)
The system was designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth, a 21-year-old inventor who had lived in a house without electricity until he was 14.
