Digital Timeline

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    President Woodrow Wilson

    Wilson was Inaugurated in March of 1913 and was re-elected to a second term in 1917.
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    WWI

    World War 1 the “War to end all Wars” sadly we then had WWII.
  • Attack of the Lusitania

    Attack of the Lusitania

    The ship Lusitania was attacked by German Uboats and sunk on it return trip from New York to Liverpool.
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    Great Migration

    The period of time when over 6 million African Americans relocated from the South to the North, West and Midwest of American.
  • Jeannette Rankin Congresswoman

    Jeannette Rankin Congresswoman

    Jeanette Rankin was the first American woman elected to Congress.
  • Lenin led a Russian Revolution

    Lenin led a Russian Revolution

    Lenin opposed World War 1 and so gathered people who were like minded to revolt.
  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act

    AKA Selective Draft Act, it was used to make a national army for service.
  • Espionage Act

    Espionage Act

    This act made it illegal to share sensitive information used to interfere with military operations or convey false information.
  • Sedition Act

    Sedition Act

    The Sedition Act extended the Espionage Act to broaden the number of offenses now considered a crime.
  • Wilson’s 14 Points

    Wilson’s 14 Points

    Peace treaty to negotiate an end to WWl.
  • Schenck V. United States

    Schenck V. United States

    Concluded that people handing out flyers to resist the draft, were guilty of espionage.
  • 19th Amendment!!!

    19th Amendment!!!

    WOMEN get the right to VOTE, prohibits denial of voting rights because of gender.
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    Prohibition

    The 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of liquor.
  • Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles

    Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles

    The second time the have rejected this treaty they only won/lost by 7 votes.
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    Teapot Dime Scandal

    Bribery happening within the U.S Cabinet.
  • Lincoln Memorial Dedicated in Washington D.C.

    Lincoln Memorial Dedicated in Washington D.C.

    The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington DC
  • President Warren G. Harding dies

    President Warren G. Harding dies

    President Harding dies in office after a trip to Alaska.
  • Calvin Coolidge becomes President

    Calvin Coolidge becomes President

    President Coolidge takes over office of President after the death of his predecessor Harding.
  • Nellie Ross becomes Governor

    Nellie Ross becomes Governor

    Ross becomes the first woman Governor of the United States.
  • Influenza Outbreak

    Influenza Outbreak

    A new virus (flu) causes a pandemic world wide, not unlike Coronavirus.