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Wilson’s Presidency term
Woodrow Wilson, 28th president, Democrat -
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WWI
First global war, originating in Europe. Allies vs Axis powers -
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Great Migration
Migration of African Americans, after the end of slavery, to northern cities in hopes of better jobs and living environments. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Germans torpedoed a passenger ship, one of the main reasons the US joined WWI -
First Women Elected Into Congress
Jannette Rankin -
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Sedition Act
The Sedition Act of 1918, enacted during World War I, made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States" or to "willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of the production" of the things "necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war." -
Selective Service Act
Selective Draft Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription -
Espionage Act
Enforced by A. Mitchell Palmer, the United States attorney general under President Woodrow Wilson, the Espionage Act made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country's enemies. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the Duma’s provisional government. -
Influenza (flu) epidemic
Spanish Flu, Pandemic during WWI -
Wilson’s 14 points
statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I -
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Schenck vs. US
Schenck was charged with conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act of 1917 by attempting to cause insubordination in the military and to obstruct recruitment. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, in part because President Woodrow Wilson had failed to take senators' objections to the agreement into consideration -
18th Amendment Ratified
Repealed the Prohibition of alcohol -
League of Nations was established
President Woodrow Wilson creates a group, which leads to the birth of the United Nations -
19th amendment
Women's right to vote -
America sustained the worst terrorist attack in its history
A horse-drawn cart carrying a massive, improvised explosive was detonated on the busiest corner on Wall Street. 38 people were killed, the perpetrators were likely Italian anarchists. -
Mass Media was born
The first commercially-licensed radio station began broadcasting live results of the presidential election -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding -
The Jazz Age
Jazz bands played at dance halls like the Savoy in New York City and the Aragon in Chicago; radio stations and phonograph records (100 million of which were sold in 1927 alone) carried their tunes to listeners across the nation
