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Millions of blacks moved from rural areas in the South to more urban areas of the Northeast and Midwest. The migration ended around 1970.
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President Wilson was the 28th President of the United States. His term ended on March 4, 1921. The picture is a photo of President Wilson.
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Also called the Great War, was the first global war. It started in Europe and many countries were involved. The war ended on November 1918.
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The Lusitania, a British ship which was carrying weapons and ammo, was shot and sunk by a German submarine. 1,198 people aboard the ship were killed. The picture shows the Lusitania sinking and some of the passengers escaping on lifeboats.
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Rankin became the first women to be elected to congress. She represented the state of Montana. This is a picture of Rankin wearing a hat.
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Vladimir Lenin, a Russian architect, lead the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Lenin was also the founder of the Russian Communist party.
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The Selective Service Act gave the United States president the power to draft soldiers to serve in the military.
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The Espionage Act prohibits all types of interference with military operations or recruitment during wartime.
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The Influenza Epidemic was a global disaster. People became infected with the flu world wide, and it ended top killing more people from 1918-1919 then World War I.
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The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles to the United States congress for peace and were used to end World War I.
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The Sedition Act stated that people and countries can not say negative things about the country or war.
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Schenck vs US was a Supreme Court case concerning the Espionage Act of 1917. The court ruled that freedom of speech could be restricted if it in any way put the country in danger.
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The US senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles because the US objected the League of Nations.
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The US President at the time, President Wilson, and the senate due to poor communication could not come to compromise which resulted in the US rejecting the membership to League of Nations.
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Musicians in New Orleans created a new type of music which is now called jazz.
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Also called women's suffrage, the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote.
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Warren G. Harding, who started as a small-town newspaper publisher, was elected to be the 29th president of the United States. The picture is a picture of President Harding.
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Amelia Earhart bought her first plane. She would later become one old the most famous historic women of all time due to her abilities as a pilot and for disappearing and never being found. This is a picture of Earhart by her plane.
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The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacy group in the United States that believe the country needs to be racially pure. The Klan had over 5 million members in 1924.
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Babe Ruth became the first baseball player to ever hit 60 home runs. He is now and forever will be a well known legend in the world of sports.
