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Wilson's Presidency Term
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World War 1
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Lusitania Sinks
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Great Migration Timeframe
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First Women Elected to Congress (Rankin)
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Lenin Led a Russian Revolution
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Selective Service Act Passed
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Espionage Act Passed
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Influenza Epidemic
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Wilson's 14 Points
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Sedition Act
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Schenk vs. US
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US Rejects League of Nations Membership
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US Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles
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19th Amendment
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American Professional Football League is Formed
Jim Thorpe was the first president of the American Professional Football League. The name of the league would change to the NFL in 1922. There were originally 11 teams in the American Professional Football League. -
First Miss America Pageant
The first Miss America pageant is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is won by Margaret Gorman for the title of the Golden Mermaid trophy, later dubbed Miss America. -
Yankee Stadium Construction
The stadium had started to be built in 1922 and was eventually ready for the 1923n season. Lasted all the way until 1973 until things were changed. The stadium is located in the heart of New York City being in the Bronx. The stadium is often called the house that Babe Ruth Built. -
Television Success
First success in the invention of television occurs by American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth, creating new entertainment for many Americans. The complete electronic television system would be patented three years later on August 26, 1930. -
Mount Rushmore
Work on the gigantic sculpture at Mount Rushmore begins in 1927. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum would complete the task of chiseling the heads of four presidents; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, fourteen years later.
