1900s timeline

By mgore
  • Great migration

    African Americans move from the south to the north 1910-1979
  • Wilson Presidential terms

    He was President from
    1913-1921
  • WWI

    World War One started after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
    1914-1918
  • Lusitania Sinks

    Germany sinks British ship.
  • First woman elected to congress

    She was elected four years before women were given the right to vote.
  • Lenin led the Russian revolution

    Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary
  • Selective service act

    Congress passes the selective service act 6 weeks after US joins WWI
  • Espionage Act

    It prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense
  • Influenza epidemic

    1918-1919
    The first place it was identified in the US was in the military
  • 14 points

    President Wilson introduced his 14 point plan.
  • Sedition act

    Can’t talk negatively about the government
  • Schenck vs US

    US Supreme Court decision on the espionage act 1/9/19 - 3/3/19
  • US rejects League of Nations invite

    The senate thought this would keep the US out of future wars.
  • US rejects treaty of Versailles

    US senate doesn’t sign the treaty hoping it would keep us out of future conflict
  • Roaring 20’s

    Roaring 20’s
    The roaring 20’s took place right before the Great Depression
  • 19th amendment

    Women were given the right to vote
  • First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

    First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
    The macy’s thanksgiving parade still happens today
  • Route 66

    Route 66
    Route 66, a major U.S. road running from Chicago to Los Angeles, is opened
  • Holland tunnel

    Holland tunnel
    The holland tunnel connects new york and New Jersey
  • Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger

    Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger
    Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger, becoming the first woman to do so successfully.