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Wilson’s Presidency Term
Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th president of the United Statwret -
World War 1
WW1 begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia -
Great Migration
The movement of 6 million African Americans from South East to North East and Midwest in America -
First woman is elected to Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin is elected to to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana and first woman to hold a position in Congress. -
Selective Service Act
Act authorizes the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription. -
Espionage Act
Act makes it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. and war effort or to promote the success of the country's enemies -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Lenin plans attack against Duma’s provisional government and later becomes the dictator of the world’s first communist state. -
Influenza (flu) epidemic
The influenza (flu) epidemic starts in China and starts to spread -
Wilson’s 14 Points
Woodrow Wilson writes the 14 points to ensure world peace -
Sinking of Lusitania
Germany uses a submarine to sink the British ship ‘Lusitania’ during WW1 -
Sedition Act
The Espionage Act is prolonged with the Sedition Act but it is extended to speech or any form of hate against the US government -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
Senators feared US involvement in League of Nations would involve them in another war so US did not sign the treaty -
Schenck vs United States
Case rules that the Espionage Act does not violate the First Amendment “free-speech is not unlimited” -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment is established, granting women the right to vote -
League of Nations
League of Nations has their first meeting -
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
The Emergency Quota Act restricts the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year in the United States -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The federal oil reserves are secretly leased by the secretary of the interior, Albert Fall -
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is born -
Great Depression
The Great Depression begins starting a severe worldwide economic depression -
Stock Market Collapses
The United States stock market crashes
