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Due to poor economic conditions, and racial tensions many people migrated from the South to the North.
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Woodrow was part of the Democratic Party. He served two terms, but wanted to run a third time but suffered from a stroke. He wanted to remain neutral during the war. -
after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria declares war on Serbia. -
The RMS was a British ship, briefly the worlds largest passenger ship, a German boat torpedoed the Lusitania 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland. -
Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States Congress. -
The act authorized the United States government to raise a national army for service in World War I.
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The act prohibited obtaining, spreading, or broadcasting information related to the national defense/war -
The goal of the revolution was to place Russia under Bolshevik control as soon as possible.
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Wilson’s 14 points had to do with stating principles for peace negotiations. -
Known as the “Spanish Flu” it killed thousands of people. -
the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech.
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This became known as Armistice Day. -
the Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Charles Schenck and Elizabeth Baer for violating the Espionage Act
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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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They rejected the treaty because they did not want the US to be pulled into further conflicts.
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“ United States did not officially join the League of Nations due to opposition from isolationists in Congress”
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It was now illegal to sell, produce, or import liquor into the US. -
After infecting millions and killing a third of the world’s population, most people either gained immunity from being exposed then shortly after a vaccine came into play.
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Jim Thorpe was president, there were 11 total teams.
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“Warren Gamaliel Harding served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923” He was a Republican, and one of the most popular presidents. -
For the first time the Macy’s day parade was held.
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Given during a speech in Washington, by Herbert Ives
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The south had changed enough that African-Americans did not feel the pressure to flee.