WW1 Timeline

By Knelson

  • Lusitania

    Lusitania
    The ship was retiring to Liverpool, England from New York when the British warned the ship not to enter that area. The ship had approximately 1,959 passengers on board, and the ship was told that there was submarines in the area. They were asked to not enter, yet didn't listen to the British and a torpedo hit the boat sinking it and causing at least 1,198 people to drown.

  • President Woodrow Wilson

    President Woodrow Wilson
    Time in office ended on March 4th, 1921. Wilson was elected as the 28th president of the United States. He served in office through World War 1 and created the Wilson's 14 points. One of the points included creating the League of Nations to help create world peace.

  • WW1

    WW1
    Ended on 11/11/1918
    WW1 was also known as The Great War. Called that because of the vast amount of countries involved including: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Romania, Japan, and the United States. More than 16 million people died during this war.

  • Great Migration

    Great Migration
    Ended in 1970
    More than 6 million African Americans migrated from the small rural cities in the South to the larger urban cities in the North and West part of the country.

  • First Women Elected For Congress

    First Women Elected For Congress
    American politician and women rights activist, Jeanette Rankin, was first to hold office for the Untied states government. She was apart of the House of Representatives and was a republican from Montana.

  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act
    This was also known as the Selective Draft Act. It enabled the U.S. government to build a stronger military to fight in World War 1. All men between 21 and 30 had to register for the military.

  • Espionage Act

    Espionage Act
    Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer, enforced that people were unable to interfere with the United sates armed forces or promote victories of other enemy troops.

  • Lenin Leads Russian Revolution

    Lenin Leads Russian Revolution
    The revolution was lead by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin. The target was Duma's provisional government. After attacking government buildings, eventually the Bolshevik Party created a new form of government with Lenin as the leader.

  • Spanish Flu Epidemic

    Spanish Flu Epidemic
    Flu virus started to fade out around December in 1920. Approximately 500 million people diagnosed with the influenza which was about one-third of the population. An estimated 50 million died from the disease worldwide.

  • Wilson's 14 Points

    Wilson's 14 Points
    The United State's 28th president, Woodrow Wilson, writes a proposal including 14 ideas in ways to create world peace. He writes this during World War 1 to find a solution to end the war.

  • Sedition Act

    Sedition Act
    This was put in place during World War 1 and basically enforced that no one was allowed to speak poorly on the United states government. This also enabled people to be able to mess with the sale of government bonds.

  • Schenck vs. United States

    Schenck vs. United States
    In the case that was passed, it allowed government to restrict the first amendment, freedom of speech, in certain cases where present danger was the main topic of discussion.

  • U.S. Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles

    U.S. Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles
    This was the first time the Senate had ever rejected a treaty before. The Senate disagreed with different parts of the Treaty of Versailles, but they especially disagreed with the League of Nations.

  • The 19th Amendment: Women's Right to Vote

    The 19th Amendment: Women's Right to Vote
    After many arguments and debates the United States Congress agrees to ratify the Constitution giving all American women the right to vote. This ended over a decade of protests as well.

  • First Miss America Pageant

    First Miss America Pageant
    Margaret Gorman, age 16, from District of Columbia was voted most beautiful. It was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey and the women were voted by most applause.

  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal
    The scandal included unprecedented level of greed and corruption within the federal government. Some events included: oil tycoons, poker-playing politicians, illegal liquor sales, a murder-suicide, a womanizing president and a bagful of bribery cash delivered on the sly.

  • First Time Magazine is Published

    First Time Magazine is Published
    A weekly News magazine company released its first publication on March 3rd in New York City. The company was founded by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden.

  • First Olympic Winter Games

    First Olympic Winter Games
    They were held in Chamonix, France. There was a total of 16 events to participate in and 16 countries that competed at the Olympics. In total there was about 258 athletes to compete.

  • First Woman Inaugurated as Governor

    First Woman Inaugurated as Governor
    A woman named, Nellie Tayole Ross, was elected as the first female governor in the state of Wyoming. She was a widow of the previous governor and served for two years.

  • First Woman to Fly Over the Atlantic

    First Woman to Fly Over the Atlantic
    She was officially the first ever woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She had earned many different aviation awards, one including first to fly solo from Hawaii to the Untied States mainland.