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Wilson's Presidency
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World War 1
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Lusitania Sunk
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Rankin is the 1st women elected to congress.
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Great Migration
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Selective Service Act
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Lenin led a Russian Revolution
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Influenza Epidemic
The flu infected 300 to 500 million people worldwide, killing about 50 to 100 million people, most of which were young healthy adults. Woodrow Wilson got the flu while negotiating the Treaty of Versailles! This flu was nicknamed the Spanish Flu because news of the flu was suppressed in countries at war, so it was believed that the flu began in Spain. -
Wilson's Fourteen Points Speech
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Espionage Act
This Act made it a federal offense to use disloyal language about the American government or military. Over 2,100 people were prosecuted over these acts. -
Sedition Acts
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Schenk vs United States
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United States rejects the Treat of Versailles
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Prohibition begins
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19th Amendment
This amendment gave women the right to vote. It states that citizens should not be denied to vote based on their sex in state and federal government. The bill was introduced in congress by Aaron A. Sargent who had met and befriended Susan B. Anthony on a train, 6 years earlier. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
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Fitzgerald releases The Great Gatsby
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Ford produces the Model A
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Sliced Bread, bubble gum, and penicillin are invented
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Stock Market Crash
