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Beginning of Woodrow Wilsons Presidency
Wilson's first term was served from 1913-1917 as the 28th President of the United States. -
Start of World War 1
The trigger for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. -
The Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7th, 1915 Germany pursued a submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of and Ireland. The Lusitania sank in 18 minutes, shortly after it was identified by a German ship and torpedoed. After sinking 11 miles down underwater, the ship left 1,198 dead and 761 survivors. -
Start Great Migration
The Great Migration made a lasting impression on urban United States. This Migration relocated more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West. -
Jeannette Rankin elected to Congress
As a Republican from Montana, Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to serve in Congress. On November 9, 1916, she was elected to the House of Representatives as Montana's Representative-at-Large to the 65th Congress. She continued to serve from 1917–1919, and she won a second House term 24 years later, in 1940. -
Selective Service Act
This Act authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through manditory enlistment of people. -
Espionage Act
Shortly after the U.S. entered WW1, this act prevented interference with military operations or recruitment. -
Lenin led the Russian Revolution
Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party and leader of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. While he had a series of strokes in his final years, Lenin still attempted to shape the future of the Soviet Union. -
Influenza Epidemic
The deadly influenza pandemic infected 500 million people across the world. The first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 virus. Juvenile, elderly, or already weakened patients were normally the victims, however the 1918 pandemic predominantly killed healthy young adults. Forcing the Life Expectancy Rates to be dropped by about 12 years. Researchers found that the virus caused a rapid progressive respiratory failure and death through an overreaction in the body's immune system. -
Woodrow Wilson's 14 points
Wilson's Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was used in order to end World War I. -
Sedition Act
This Act of the United States Congress was used to further extended the Espionage Act of 1917 in order to cover a broader range of offenses. -
End of World War 1
More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. A formal state of war between the two sides continued for seven months, until the signing of the Treaty of Versailles with Germany on 28 June 1919. With over 17 million deaths and 20 million wounded, WW1 is ranked one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. -
Schenck vs. U.S.
This Supreme Court case lasted 3 days. From January 8th to January 10 (1919) Charles T. Schenck's trial came to a unanimous decisions that his criminal conviction was constitutional. -
U.S. rejects the League of Nations
The Senate had rejected the Treaty of Versailles that had ended WW1. It was championed by President Woodrow Wilson, being called the League of Nations. -
U.S. rejects Treaty of Versailles
The treaty could not be passed because two groups of U.S. senators opposed some of the treaty's conditions. This prevented the Senate from acquiring the two-thirds majority vote needed for its passage -
The 19th Amendment
This amendment prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. -
The American Professional Football League is formed
With Jim Thorpe as its president and eleven teams, it would change its name to the National Football League (1922). -
End of Woodrow Wilsons Presidency
Wilson's second term was served from 1917-1921 as the 28th President of the United States. -
First Time Magazine Vol. 1 No. 1
The first issue of Time Magazine featured Speaker Joseph G. Cannon. He was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. -
The First Winter Olympics
They were held in the French Alps in Chamonix, France with sixteen nations sending athletes to participate, including the United States, which won four medals. -
Work on Mount Rushmore begins.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum would complete the task of chiseling the four presidents; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, fourteen years later. -
Steamboat Willie (Mickey Mouse)
As the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey Mouse appear in over 130 films. Mickey was originally created as a mischievous antihero, but over time he was rebranded. Now seen as an adventurous hero, Mickey Mouse has received ten nominations for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. On November 18, 1978, in honor of his 50th anniversary, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. -
Great Migration continues
The Great Migration made a lasting impression on urban United States (ending in 1970). This Migration relocated more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West.
