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March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
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The Great War began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and lasted until 1918.
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The movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast
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A torpedo sent by the Germans struck the Lusitania and the ship exploded. Many lives were lost.
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The Bolsheviks, led by leftist Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule.
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Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress.
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The Selective Service Act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. President Wilson signed into law.
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The Espionage Act prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense.
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Also known as the The Spanish flu. it infected 500 million people
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The Fourteen Points were a proposal made by Woodrow Wilson in a speech before Congress on January 8, 1918, outlining his vision for ending World War I.
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Permitted the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government.
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The freedom of speech protection could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.”
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
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In 1919 the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles because President Woodrow Wilson had failed to take senators' objections to the agreement into consideration.
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The secret leasing of federal oil reserves at Elk Hills, California, and Teapot Dome, Wyoming, by Albert Bacon Fall.
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The League of Nations is established with the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, ending the hostilities of the first World War.
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The American Professional Football League is formed in 1920 with Jim Thorpe as its president and eleven teams.
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Reader's Digest is founded
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President Warren G. Harding dies in office after becoming ill following a trip to Alaska.
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The first Winter Olympic Games are held in the French Alps in Chamonix, France with sixteen nations sending athletes to participate.
