WW1 Digital Timeline

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    Wilson’s presidency term

    Woodrow Wilson served as U.S president during the Great War.
  • WW1

    WW1
    World War One starts
  • Lusitania

    Lusitania
    The Lusitania was sunk by German u-boats
  • First Woman Elected to Congress

    First Woman Elected to Congress
    Jeannette Pickering Rankin Was the first woman to be elected into congress. She was a politician and women's rights advocate.
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    The Great Migration

    The relocation of millions of African American from rural south areas to urban areas of the north.
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    Lenin Led a Russian Revolution

    Lenin led the revoulution which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union
  • Selective Service Act

    The Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription(the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service)
  • Espionage Act

    Prohibited any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States
  • Influenza Epidemic

    Influenza Epidemic
    The deadly outbreak of the flu claiming many lives
  • Wilson’s 14 points

    The speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.
  • Sedition Act

    An addition to the espionage act which was to forbade the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, its flag, or its armed forces or that caused others to view the American government or its institutions with contempt.
  • Schenck vs U.S

    A Supreme Court case concerning the enforcement of the espionage act.
  • League of Nations

    The League of Nations meets for the first time, the U.S was not a part of it.
  • U.S Senate Rejects Treaty Of Versailles

    The Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles based primarily on objections to the League of Nations
  • 19th Amendment

    The Amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex
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    Teapot Dome Scandal

    The bribery scandal of oil involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding
  • Death of Lenin

    Lenin died and was succeeded by Joseph Stalin
  • Teaching of Evolution

    Tennessee passes a law against the teaching of evolution in public schools, setting the stage for the Scopes trial
  • Stock Market Crash

    The stock market crashes, signaling the onset of the Great Depression
  • Franklin Roosevelt

    Franklin Roosevelt
    Franklin Roosevelt was inaugurated as president.