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1920s - 1930s

  • Rosa Parks is Born

    Rosa Parks is Born

    Civil rights activist: Rosa Parks is born on February 4, 1913
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    Woodrow Wilson’s Presidential Term

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    Span of World War 1

    World War I begins in 1914 when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. United States, Germany, Austria, and Hungary sign peace treaties in 1921.
  • Chef Boyardee

    The real Chef Boyardee, Ettore “Hector” Boiardi, directed the catering at President Woodrow Wilson’s wedding reception.
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    Span of Great Migration

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania

    Germany shot a torpedo at the United Kingdom’s ship killing 1,197 including 128 Americans also aboard.
  • First Woman Elected to Congress

    First Woman Elected to Congress

    Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first woman elected to Congress, was sworn into the House.
  • Selective Service Act of 1917

    Required all men between 21-45 to register for military service.
  • Espionage Act of 1917

    Prohibited obtaining any information that gave reason to believe that the information may be used as a disadvantage to the United States/advantage of another nation.
  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Lenin led a Russian revolution
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    Spanish Flu Epidemic

    A virus brought back from the First World War which killed between 17-100 million people.
  • Fourteen Points

    Fourteen Points

    A statement, delivered by Woodrow Wilson, of principles that were to be used for negotiating peace/ending World War I.
  • Sedition Act of 1918

    Made it a crime a crime to publish any disloyal or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States.
  • Schenck vs. United States

    A decision by the Supreme Court concerning the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
  • US Senate Rejects the Treaty of Versailles

    Because President Wilson failed to take senators' opinions into consideration, the treaty was rejected.
  • Band-Aid is Invented

    Band-Aid is Invented

    The Band-Aid was invented by Thomas Anderson and Johnson & Earle Dickson for his wife Josephine, who burned herself often while cooking.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Prohibits the government from denying the right to vote to citizens based on gender, in other words, it gave women the right to vote.
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    Teapot Dome Scandal

    A scandal involving the President Warren G. Harding and the members of his cabinet from 1921 to 1923.
  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie

    Mickey Mouse made his movie debut in a 7 minute film by Walt Disney.
  • Empire State Building

    Empire State Building

    Construction began in 1930 but the building was opened to the public on May 1, 1931.