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President Wilson’s Term
Served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. -
World War 1 begins
This was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously known as the Great War or "the war to end all wars" -
Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom -
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The Great Migration timeframe
the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West -
The First Women Elected into Congress
Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to serve in the United States Congress. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup against the Duma’s provisional government. -
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. -
Selective Service Act
The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. Within a few months, some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft. -
Sedition Act
Permitting the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the United States -
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Influenza (flu) epidemic
Virus that infected 500 million people -
Wilson’s 14 Point Speech
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I -
The end of World War 1
Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
In the face of Wilson’s continued unwillingness to negotiate, the Senate on November 19, 1919, for the first time in its history, rejected a peace treaty. -
Schenck vs. US
Landmark decision of the US Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I. -
19th Amendment
Granted Women the right to vote -
KKK terrorized the Nation
The Ku Klux Klan, a genocidal domestic terrorist organization founded during Reconstruction, was revitalized in 1920, the result in part of new Klan leadership with an eye for publicity. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. -
Lower Louisiana Floods
Starvation threatens victims of the overflow of flood waters in lower Louisiana with nearly 3,500 square miles underwater and fifty thousand people affected many losing their homes and all possessions. -
First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade
Macy's gave the children of New York a particularly special Thanksgiving treat as a police escort led the start of the parade from the intersection of 145th Street and Convent Avenue. -
Amelia Earhart successfully flies across the Atlantic Ocean
the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane (accompanying pilot Wilmer Stultz), for which she achieved celebrity status. In 1932, piloting a Lockheed Vega 5B, Earhart made a nonstop solo transatlantic flight, becoming the first woman to achieve such a feat.
