American History/Ewildasin/Grab

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    President Wilson term

    President Wilson was the 28th President of the United States.
  • World War 1 Begins

    World War 1 Begins

    Germany declared war on Russia, Belgium, and France. Austria declared war on Russia. Britain declared war on Germany. Montenegro declared war on Austria.
  • Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

    Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

    Germany sunk the Lusitania and killed many innocent civilians. The sinking angered many countries, including the United States, and caused them to become allies in the war against Germany.
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    Great Migration timeframe

    The movement of six million African Americans out of southern states.
  • First Woman elected into Congress

    First Woman elected into Congress

    Jeannette Rankin from Montana was the first woman to serve in congress.
  • Lenin led a Russian Revolution

    The leader of the revolution Bolshevik Party returns to Petrograd after being in exile to take charge of the Russian Revolution
  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act

    Required all men between ages 21-45 to register for the military in case of an emergency.
  • Espionage Act

    Espionage Act

    "The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation".
  • Sedition Act

    Made publishing or printing false, scandalous, or malicious information a crime.
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    Influenza Epidemic

    A virus that infected 500 million people
  • Wilson's 14 Points Speech

    A statement of principles for peace terms and war aims in order to end WW1
  • World War 1 Ends

    World War 1 Ends

    WW1 left about 20 million deaths and 21 million wounded.
  • Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles

    Formally ended WW1 because President Wilson forgot to take the objections of the agreement of senators into consideration.
  • Schenck vs United States

    A supreme court decision involving the Espionage Act of 1917.
  • 19th Amendment

    Granted women the right to vote
  • KKK terrorized the US

    KKK terrorized the US

    The Ku Klux Klan was a genocidal domestic terrorist group that hated on Catholics, Jews, Asians, African Americans, and some Europeans
  • Summer Olympics

    Summer Olympics

    The Summer Olympics took place in Belgium after WW1 ended.
  • Terrorist Attack

    Terrorist Attack

    A bomb went off in the corner of Wall street that killed 38 people and left hundreds injured
  • First Radio Station-Station KDKA

    First Radio Station-Station KDKA

    first commerially- licensed radio station broadcasted results live of the Presidential election.
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    Teapot Dome Scandal

    A bribery scandal involving President Warren G. Harding
  • Walt Disney-"Steamboat Willie"

    Walt Disney-"Steamboat Willie"

    Mickey Mouse appeared for the first time in "Steamboat Willie"