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Wilson's presidency term
Wilsons first presidential term -
WW1
WW1 Timeframe- June 1914-November 1918-The war fought between July 28, 1914, and November 11, 1918, was known at the time as the Great War, the War to End War, and (in the United States) the European War. Only when the world went to war again in the 1930s and ’40s did the earlier conflict become known as the First World War. Its casualty totals were unprecedented, soaring into the millions. World War I is known for the extensive system of trenches from which men of both sides fought. Lethal new -
Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner -
Great migration timeframe
1916,1970-The Great Migration, or the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1970, had a huge impact on urban life in the United States. Driven from their homes by unsatisfactory economic opportunities and harsh segregationist laws, many blacks headed north, where they took advantage of the need for industrial workers that first arose during the First World War. As Chicago, New York and other cities saw t -
Lenin led a russian revolution
is the collective term for a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. -
Year of first woman elected to congress (Rankin)
Jeannette Rankin became the first woman to hold a high government office in the United States when, in 1916, she was elected to the United States Congress from the state of Montana. After winning her House Seat in 1916, she said, "I may be the first woman member of Congress but I won’t be the last." She also was elected in 1940. -
Selective service act
authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
Espionage act
s federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years. -
Wilson’s 14 points
President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. -
Influenza (flu) epidemic
The plague emerged in two phases. In late spring of 1918, the first phase, known as the "three-day fever," appeared without warning. Few deaths were reported. Victims recovered after a few days. treatment and defying control. Some victims died within hours of their first symptoms. Others When the disease surfaced again that fall, it was far more severe. Scientists, doctors, and health officials could not identify this disease which was striking so fast and so viciously, eluding succumbed after a -
Sedition act
extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, -
schenk vs. U.S.
is a United States Supreme Court decision concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I -
19th amendment
atified- august 18th 1920)-The 19th amendment is women’s right to vote. This was a big deal because women never had full rights to really do anything. This was able to open the door for so many more opportunities for women. Just like how in our time we have a women running for president. -
US senate rejects treaty of versailles
formal peace treaty between the World War I Allies and Germany -
U.S. rejects league of nations membership
The United States practiced a policy of isolationism, the belief that they should stay out of foreign affairs. -
National Quota System
A national quota system on the amount of incoming immigrants is established by the United States Congress in the Emergency Quota Act, curbing legal immigration. -
New York Yankees
construction begins on Yankee Stadium in New York City, often dubbed the House that Ruth Built -
Indian Citizens
All Indians are designated citizens by legislation passed in the U.S. Congress and signed by President Calvin Coolidge. The Indian Citizenship Act granted this right to all Native Americans that had been born within the territory of the United States. -
Air Commerce Act
providing aid and assistance to the airline industry, plus federal oversight under the Department of Commerce for civil air safety. -
Television
First success in the invention of television occurs by American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth. The complete electronic television system would be patented three years later on August 26, 1930.
