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Great Migration timeframe
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Wilson's presidency term
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World War One timeframe
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Lusitania launched
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First woman elected to congress
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Schenk vs. US
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Lenin led a Russian Revolution
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Selective service act
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Espionage act
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Wilson's 14 points
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Influenza epidemic
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Sedition act
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19th Amendment
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US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
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US rejects League of Nationas membership
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Polygraph invented
A polygraph, popularly referred to as a lie detector, measures and records several physiological indices such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while the subject is asked and answers a series of questions. -
Hitler jailed after failed coup
Ten years before Hitler came to power in Germany, he tried to take it by force. On the night of November 8, 1923, Adolf Hitler and some of his confederates stormed into a beer hall and attempted to force the triumvirate, the three men that governed Bavaria, to join him in a national revolution. The men of the tiumvirate disagreed. Hitler was arrested three days later and after a short trial, he was sentenced to five years in prison. -
Hitler's Mein Kampf published
Mein Kampf is an autobiography by the National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
Necrophiliac serial killer Earle Nelson caught
Nelson's victims were mostly landladies, whom he would approach on the pretext of renting a room. He often studied his worn Bible, using it to keep his victim at ease and off-guard. Once he had gained their trust, he would kill them (almost always by strangling) and engage in necrophilia with the corpse. He would often hide the body, leaving it under the nearest bed. -
Beginning of Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; however, in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s.
